You've seen, for several years, what a great job our stringers,
news-spies, and helpers have done at a number of high-profile
aviation events. Now, we're looking ahead to the big one:
Oshkosh. A few of our former stringers now work, full or part-time,
for Aero-News... others have created great opportunities for
themselves as a result of working with ANN. But... it's time for a
few "newbies."
"We have a problem here. We have a hijacked aircraft headed
towards New York, and we need you guys to, we need someone to
scramble some F-16s or something up there, help us out."
"Is this real-world or exercise?"
"No, this is not an exercise, not a test."
Source: Telephone exchange between a controller at
Boston Center and the Northeast Air Defense Sector on September
11th, 2001, as the first of four hijacked aircraft headed for its
target. The 9/11 commission has now issued a report saying
America's civilian and military systems simply weren't prepared for
a domestic attack on that terrible day.
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