Ever wonder what it would look like if you flew into restricted airspace and F-16s were launched to escort you out of it? A new video documenting a training exercise over Knoxville, Tennessee, gives you the viewpoint of both the general aviation pilot and the F-16 pilots.
A Luscombe pilot got intercepted on 9/11 somewhere over Pennsylvania by a couple of F-16’s. I think the Luscombe was a no-electric aircraft on a long cross-country flight that morning. What’s the stall speed on an F-16 ?
The angle of attack the F-16 is at when it pulls up next to the Cessna is quite something! No wonder Helicopters are the choice for interceptions. A good film though; if I ever was caught unawares and saw this- I know I’d be complying!
Umm, there’s such a thing called “preflight planning.” You know, things like NOTAMS …. jeez, is the pilot community regressing?
It was a training excercise
Same goes to say about reading articles and making comments. I’m sure their is some sort of thinking before speaking. Jeez
I 100% agree with your comments! The comment below is a copout!
@raj
It’s your responsibility (as a pilot) to either be capable of using nav aids like TACANs with radial cuts to determine your position or simple chart study and dead reckoning to keep yourself clear of a restricted area. This is both for your safety and for the safety of people using that restricted area.
The excuse “we can’t see a fence in the sky” is not a good one. Be a better pilot. Comply with the rules like we (the military) have to.
– the military
Leave the Cessna a pilot alone
There is no marking in the sky to warn a civilians pilot to to know that he or she is entering restricted area
It happen to me many time in Kansas when. I was trying to avoid restricted area but was no way to confirm
Looking at aeronautical map does not confirm that either
Raj. Would you fly over the White House or Camp David? With all the modern technology, moving maps and iPads with foreflight, there is zero excuse to violate restricted areas. Do you take the same position with respect to class B and D airspace? Your a Pilot ?✈️. Act like one.
Remind me never to fly with you. If you don’t know where you are, how do you ever make it to an airport???
I’ve had an A10 Warthog pull up beside me next to restricted airspace in Arizona. It’s a very unnerving experience. The Warthog pilot was playing with me! I waved and he did too. LOL.
I flew on a Civil Air Patrol practice target mission over D.C. at night. With all the city lights coupled with the black sky it was’t that easy to see the F16s as they slid up beside you. It doesn’t help that they are painted a light grey, because it makes them harder to see. You definitely notice them when the go in front of you though.