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Cessna circling Chantilly
Posted by:
Johnson
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Date: September 14, 2012 03:09PM
A flight training program is being run in the neighborhood next to Chantilly High School. A very loud propellor cessna has been flying low and slow in a small circle over this residential neighborhood for up to 8 hours a day for the last 3 weeks. Please call the "noise abatement hotline" at 703-257-2576 to register a complaint, or you can submit a complaint using the online form at http://www.manassascity.org/index.aspx?nid=467
Re: Cessna circling Chantilly
Posted by:
Not this shit again
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Date: September 14, 2012 04:21PM
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Re: Cessna circling Chantilly
Posted by:
Guest.
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Date: September 14, 2012 06:13PM
Probably one of the many Cessnas used by the FBI for surveillance. Those are the only little planes you'll see within the ADIZ like that.
Re: Cessna circling Chantilly
Posted by:
hipster
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Date: September 14, 2012 08:12PM
ADIZ is so 2008.
Re: Cessna circling Chantilly
Posted by:
Mr. Jones
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Date: September 14, 2012 08:21PM
I saw this in the movie Casino. The FBI is doing surveillance on a big gambler that may be mob related.
Re: Cessna circling Chantilly
Posted by:
Johnson
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Date: September 15, 2012 09:04AM
8:30AM on a Saturday and they've already started it up again.
Re: Cessna circling Chantilly
Posted by:
0tter
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Date: September 15, 2012 09:20AM
What's the closest large intersection to you?
Re: Cessna circling Chantilly
Posted by:
Johnson
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Date: September 15, 2012 09:50AM
Next to Chantilly High School.
Re: Cessna circling Chantilly
Posted by:
American Joe
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Date: September 15, 2012 10:05AM
It's Mitt Romney trying to find a clue. Don't worry - he's gonna crash and burn real soon. His tank is about empty and running on fumes of desperation.
Re: Cessna circling Chantilly
Posted by:
Gunny
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Date: September 15, 2012 03:24PM
Here use this, it will solve your problem...
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Re: Cessna circling Chantilly
Posted by:
Johnson
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Date: September 15, 2012 06:29PM
Stopped at 1:30pm, started up again at 6:00pm.
Re: Cessna circling Chantilly
Posted by:
overhead
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Date: September 16, 2012 01:50PM
Probably Google taking ground photos for their next map update.
Re: Cessna circling Chantilly
Posted by:
Johnson
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Date: September 17, 2012 10:53AM
Started around 10:00am today.
Re: Cessna circling Chantilly
Posted by:
Holy Cow
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Date: September 17, 2012 11:16AM
That thing has to run out of gas pretty soon - it's been up there for 3 days already.
Re: Cessna circling Chantilly
Posted by:
Johnson
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Date: September 17, 2012 11:50AM
"It's been there for up to 8 hours a day for the last 3 weeks."
Re: Cessna circling Chantilly
Posted by:
Uh oh
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Date: September 17, 2012 12:04PM
I don't think that pesky Cessna will be a problem anymore.
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Re: Cessna circling Chantilly
Posted by:
Johnson
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Date: September 21, 2012 05:00PM
It circled from about 1:00pm to 5:00pm yesterday. It circled from about 11:00am to 1:30pm today, and has now started up again at 4:30pm.
Re: Cessna circling Chantilly
Posted by:
Keg
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Date: September 21, 2012 05:12PM
Hey Johnson,
Nobody gives a shit about some stupid plane flying around. Don't worry, as long as your wear your aluminum foil hat, the little plane can't hurt you.
Nobody gives a shit about some stupid plane flying around. Don't worry, as long as your wear your aluminum foil hat, the little plane can't hurt you.
Re: Cessna circling Chantilly
Posted by:
Priapus
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Date: September 21, 2012 05:22PM
Sure it isn't prom night?
Re: Cessna circling Chantilly
Posted by:
0tter
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Date: September 22, 2012 11:21AM
Saw it all day yesterday. Pretty annoying.
Re: Cessna circling Chantilly
Posted by:
Johnson
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Date: September 22, 2012 02:06PM
Out again today. It started sometime between noon and 2:00pm.
Re: Cessna circling Chantilly
Posted by:
bluetoe
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Date: September 22, 2012 05:11PM
Romney campaign out searching for a clue and a place to land now that his campaign is over. Nobody will let them land because they don't want to be associated with him.
Re: Cessna circling Chantilly
Posted by:
Johnson
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Date: September 24, 2012 10:37AM
Out since 9:00am today.
Re: Cessna circling Chantilly
Posted by:
Drive00
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Date: September 26, 2012 07:30PM
WTOP uses a Cessna to report traffic.
Have you thought about calling one of the local airports, perhaps Manassas, to ask if they know any details of why a plane would circling one area almost daily? Could also be land surveying for a company that wants to build in the area. It's really not a big deal. Embrace aviation.
Have you thought about calling one of the local airports, perhaps Manassas, to ask if they know any details of why a plane would circling one area almost daily? Could also be land surveying for a company that wants to build in the area. It's really not a big deal. Embrace aviation.
Re: Cessna circling Chantilly
Posted by:
Olde Farte, II
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Date: September 26, 2012 08:51PM
Drive00 Wrote:
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> Could also be land surveying for a
> company that wants to build in the area. It's
> really not a big deal. Embrace aviation.
Mapping subcontractor reimaging?
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> Could also be land surveying for a
> company that wants to build in the area. It's
> really not a big deal. Embrace aviation.
Mapping subcontractor reimaging?
Re: Cessna circling Chantilly
Posted by:
Johnson
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Date: October 11, 2012 10:53AM
Flying today since 8:00am
Re: Cessna circling Chantilly
Posted by:
BEH
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Date: October 11, 2012 11:58AM
In other news, planes were in the sky, cars on the road, and boats in the water.
Stay tuned for the latest updates.
Stay tuned for the latest updates.
Re: Cessna circling Chantilly
Posted by:
WHO_CARES
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Date: October 11, 2012 12:02PM
Goddammit, Johnson. If it bothers you that much, go out and get the tail number off the fucking thing and then use google to find out who owns it. It's probably the damn pipeline patrol that flies over weekly inspecting the right-of-way for the underground pipeline that carries carcinogenic petroleum products right past your house. Put that in your tinfoil hat and smoke it.
It's not illegal to fly an airplane over Fairfax County.
It's not illegal to fly an airplane over Fairfax County.
Re: Cessna circling Chantilly
Posted by:
0tter
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Date: October 11, 2012 11:10PM
I don't see it now.
Re: Cessna circling Chantilly
Posted by:
Johnson
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Date: February 19, 2013 07:59AM
Out today since 7:00am
Chantilly..................that's near an airport, correct?
Posted by:
Gordon Blvd
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Date: February 19, 2013 08:18AM
wow. an airplane. in the sky.
OP, you REALLY dont get out much, do you? o_0
OP, you REALLY dont get out much, do you? o_0
Re: Cessna circling Chantilly
Posted by:
Johnson
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Date: February 28, 2013 02:39PM
Out today since 2:00pm
Re: Cessna circling Chantilly
Posted by:
BEH
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Date: February 28, 2013 02:47PM
I can't see it...the UFO is in the way.
Re: Cessna circling Chantilly
Posted by:
496
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Date: February 28, 2013 03:05PM
Johnson Wrote:
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> Out today since 2:00pm
Why don't you quite being such a whiny faggot?
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> Out today since 2:00pm
Why don't you quite being such a whiny faggot?
Re: Cessna circling Chantilly
Posted by:
Foxy News Woman
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Date: February 28, 2013 03:31PM
Johnson Wrote:
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> Out today since 2:00pm
Thanks. Please keep a log for us. This is extremely important. I'm sending FOX News and Rush an update as we speak.
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> Out today since 2:00pm
Thanks. Please keep a log for us. This is extremely important. I'm sending FOX News and Rush an update as we speak.
Re: Cessna circling Chantilly
Posted by:
BEH
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Date: March 01, 2013 07:55AM
Da plane boss!
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Re: Cessna circling Chantilly
Posted by:
Gordon Blvd
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Date: March 01, 2013 08:01AM
one of the truly most HILARIOUS aspects of my real life since starting up on this site..................is learning that everyday people in this County STILL TO THIS DAY do not understand that it is a normal, everyday occurrence that airplanes and helicopters fly in the sky.
If you had told me 5 years ago that ppl were this stupid, I'd have told you NO WAY!
keep 'em coming, ppl - you are helping me teach A LOT OF PEOPLE A LOT OF THINGS! ROFLMAO!!!!!
If you had told me 5 years ago that ppl were this stupid, I'd have told you NO WAY!
keep 'em coming, ppl - you are helping me teach A LOT OF PEOPLE A LOT OF THINGS! ROFLMAO!!!!!
Re: Cessna circling Chantilly
Posted by:
BEH
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Date: March 01, 2013 08:38AM
It's in a dogfight with the sleep disturbing helicopter.
Re: Cessna circling Chantilly
Posted by:
Airheart
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Date: March 01, 2013 12:29PM
Anybody seen the Cessna circling Chantilly today? Could it be above the clouds?
Re: Cessna circling Chantilly
Posted by:
Betman
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Date: March 01, 2013 12:30PM
BEH Wrote:
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> It's in a dogfight with the sleep disturbing
> helicopter.
My money is on the helicopter.
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> It's in a dogfight with the sleep disturbing
> helicopter.
My money is on the helicopter.
Re: Cessna circling Chantilly
Posted by:
Removing Foil
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Date: November 14, 2014 05:38PM
OP may not be as crazy as originally thought...
Re: Cessna circling Chantilly
Posted by:
Add more foil now!
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Date: November 15, 2014 09:32AM
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.