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REALLY low-flying Cessna around Oak Hill/Herndon
Posted by:
cessna
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Date: January 07, 2013 01:16PM
what's up with this guy? he's doing nosedives above residential areas and it's terrifying. Can't be higher than 2000ft.
Re: REALLY low-flying Cessna around Oak Hill/Herndon
Posted by:
BEH
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Date: January 07, 2013 01:35PM
What are you doing to provoke him?
Re: REALLY low-flying Cessna around Oak Hill/Herndon
Posted by:
Olde Farte, II
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Date: January 07, 2013 02:28PM
cessna Wrote:
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> what's up with this guy? he's doing nosedives
> above residential areas and it's terrifying. Can't
> be higher than 2000ft.
That reads like a student pilot, possibly out of Leesburg, practicing "stalls".
Note - it is a violation of airspace/law for a student pilot - or any other pilot for that matter - to be practicing stalls within the special flight area around DC.
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> what's up with this guy? he's doing nosedives
> above residential areas and it's terrifying. Can't
> be higher than 2000ft.
That reads like a student pilot, possibly out of Leesburg, practicing "stalls".
Note - it is a violation of airspace/law for a student pilot - or any other pilot for that matter - to be practicing stalls within the special flight area around DC.
Re: REALLY low-flying Cessna around Oak Hill/Herndon
Posted by:
Locator Fool
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Date: January 07, 2013 03:33PM
cessna Wrote:
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> what's up with this guy? he's doing nosedives
> above residential areas and it's terrifying. Can't
> be higher than 2000ft.
We were trying to pinpoint the area of the poster named cessna. FFXU posters fall for the stalling cessna locator trick every time.
Now we know you are in Oak Hill/Herndon you little monster!
We are moving a white van into the area right now to keep closer track of you.
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> what's up with this guy? he's doing nosedives
> above residential areas and it's terrifying. Can't
> be higher than 2000ft.
We were trying to pinpoint the area of the poster named cessna. FFXU posters fall for the stalling cessna locator trick every time.
Now we know you are in Oak Hill/Herndon you little monster!
We are moving a white van into the area right now to keep closer track of you.
Re: REALLY low-flying Cessna around Oak Hill/Herndon
Posted by:
Funny Guy
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Date: January 07, 2013 04:42PM
cessna Wrote:
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> what's up with this guy? he's doing nosedives
> above residential areas and it's terrifying. Can't
> be higher than 2000ft.
Yeah, leave the cessna alone. It's probably just trying to protect it's young.
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> what's up with this guy? he's doing nosedives
> above residential areas and it's terrifying. Can't
> be higher than 2000ft.
Yeah, leave the cessna alone. It's probably just trying to protect it's young.
Re: REALLY low-flying Cessna around Oak Hill/Herndon
Posted by:
404ed
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Date: January 07, 2013 04:44PM
Do they do moth/agricultural spraying this time of year?
legal or not, NRA wont care if you do it LoLz
Posted by:
Gordon Blvd
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Date: January 07, 2013 05:26PM
can you legally shoot at it if it's over yr property?
Re: REALLY low-flying Cessna around Oak Hill/Herndon
Posted by:
496
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Date: January 07, 2013 06:39PM
Assmunch. He is patrolling the Colonial pipeline. He is looking out for YOUR safety. And hopefully he's pumping some rounds down range into your backyard for being such a douchebag.
Re: REALLY low-flying Cessna around Oak Hill/Herndon
Posted by:
Ness Ayyy
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Date: November 14, 2014 05:41PM
Bumper of things
Re: REALLY low-flying Cessna around Oak Hill/Herndon
Posted by:
dmTLt
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Date: November 14, 2014 09:41PM
496 Wrote:
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> Assmunch. He is patrolling the Colonial pipeline.
> He is looking out for YOUR safety. And hopefully
> he's pumping some rounds down range into your
> backyard for being such a douchebag.
assmunching and pumping rounds? hell yeah, sign me up.
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> Assmunch. He is patrolling the Colonial pipeline.
> He is looking out for YOUR safety. And hopefully
> he's pumping some rounds down range into your
> backyard for being such a douchebag.
assmunching and pumping rounds? hell yeah, sign me up.
Re: REALLY low-flying Cessna around Oak Hill/Herndon
Posted by:
yV7K9
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Date: November 14, 2014 11:39PM
It's not a student pilot; the airspace is restricted and there's no way that anyone is over there fucking around. There would be fighter jets, for one little thing.
It might be a government agency playing around with their Stingray devices (jamming cellphone towers). They have a fleet of small Cessna airplanes for just that.
It might be a government agency playing around with their Stingray devices (jamming cellphone towers). They have a fleet of small Cessna airplanes for just that.
Re: REALLY low-flying Cessna around Oak Hill/Herndon
Posted by:
Da Pilot
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Date: November 15, 2014 08:29AM
The planes and pilots most likely are the ones performing aerial inspections of the two pipelines - gas and fluid.
Occasionally state or local government will fly aerial photography or laser imagery planes.
Our local airspace is tightly controlled. No joy riding pilots have fun in NoVa.
Occasionally state or local government will fly aerial photography or laser imagery planes.
Our local airspace is tightly controlled. No joy riding pilots have fun in NoVa.
Re: REALLY low-flying Cessna around Oak Hill/Herndon
Posted by:
News Reader
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Date: November 15, 2014 09:28AM
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/11/14/report-secret-government-program-uses-aircraft-for-mass-cellphone-surveillance/
The U.S. Department of Justice is collecting data from Americans’ cellphones with surveillance planes that “mimic cellphone towers,” according to a Wall Street Journal report.
The program is designed to catch criminals, but collects data from innocent people as well, sources familiar with the operation told the Journal.
The program bears some resemblance to the National Security Administration’s dragnet approach to collecting information while tracking terrorists.
A Justice Department official would not confirm or deny the existence of the program to the Journal: “The official said discussion of such matters would allow criminal suspects or foreign powers to determine U.S. surveillance capabilities. Justice Department agencies comply with federal law, including by seeking court approval, the official said.”
The program has existed since 2007, and is operated by the U.S. Marshals Service’s Technical Operations Group. It deploys Cessna aircraft from at least five airports that, combined, have a flying range that covers most of the U.S. population.
According to the Journal story, by Devlin Barrett, the planes carry a device called a “dirtbox” — the name is inspired by Digital Receiver Technology Inc., the Boeing subsidiary that makes the device — that acts like a cellphone communications tower.
Cellphones register user locations with towers every few minutes, even if they aren’t making a call.
By intercepting these signals, the dirtboxes can identify phones’ unique registration information — even phones with encryption like the new iPhone 6.
The device can pinpoint the location of a cellphone within 10 feet and manipulate the phone by jamming its signal. It can extract text messages and photos from phones, too.
Instead of asking cellphone companies for subscriber information, which law enforcement has done with increased frequency in recent years, agencies can now find it themselves.
In a single flight, the device can collect information about tens of thousands of cellphones. People familiar with the program told the Journal the device can identify phones linked to criminal suspects and keep that information, but “lets go” of information from other phones.
The U.S. Department of Justice is collecting data from Americans’ cellphones with surveillance planes that “mimic cellphone towers,” according to a Wall Street Journal report.
The program is designed to catch criminals, but collects data from innocent people as well, sources familiar with the operation told the Journal.
The program bears some resemblance to the National Security Administration’s dragnet approach to collecting information while tracking terrorists.
A Justice Department official would not confirm or deny the existence of the program to the Journal: “The official said discussion of such matters would allow criminal suspects or foreign powers to determine U.S. surveillance capabilities. Justice Department agencies comply with federal law, including by seeking court approval, the official said.”
The program has existed since 2007, and is operated by the U.S. Marshals Service’s Technical Operations Group. It deploys Cessna aircraft from at least five airports that, combined, have a flying range that covers most of the U.S. population.
According to the Journal story, by Devlin Barrett, the planes carry a device called a “dirtbox” — the name is inspired by Digital Receiver Technology Inc., the Boeing subsidiary that makes the device — that acts like a cellphone communications tower.
Cellphones register user locations with towers every few minutes, even if they aren’t making a call.
By intercepting these signals, the dirtboxes can identify phones’ unique registration information — even phones with encryption like the new iPhone 6.
The device can pinpoint the location of a cellphone within 10 feet and manipulate the phone by jamming its signal. It can extract text messages and photos from phones, too.
Instead of asking cellphone companies for subscriber information, which law enforcement has done with increased frequency in recent years, agencies can now find it themselves.
In a single flight, the device can collect information about tens of thousands of cellphones. People familiar with the program told the Journal the device can identify phones linked to criminal suspects and keep that information, but “lets go” of information from other phones.