Pilot Pokes Fun At Heightened Airport Security

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Pilot Pokes Fun At Heightened Airport Security

Last Updated:
08-11-06 at 10:33AM

A pilot's stunt in the skies above Lindbergh Field is being called a sick joke.

A close look at the sky reveals the word "boo!"

A passenger waiting at the long lines outside Terminal 1 first thought the pilot spelled 3,001. He said the joke was in poor taste considering the terror alert.

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A harbor police officer told News 8 the FBI is looking into the matter.

http://www.kfmb.com/stories/story.59669.html

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. FBI is looking into the matter.

Might as well , they have nothing else to do.

[Fridays Child]

5. Nothing else to do? Are all the prostitutes and pot smokers on vacation?

[Tempest]

12. But there is something more important for them to do

They're needed to look into the reason why Lieberman's web site crashed.

[rodeodance]

2. no humor allowed, even when it is good for the soul.

[seriousstan]

3. Since when is skywriting allowed over an airport of this size?

I smell B.S.

[silverweb]

16. I'm wondering the same thing.

I live in the city and know the area. I don't see how a pilot could linger overhead long enough to do any sky writing at all anywhere near the restricted flight area. It just does not seem possible.

Clarification should be interesting....

[Sherman A1]

4. Everyone needs to chill

this whole thing is stupid!

[MADem]

6. If it signified that number, then we'd know the 'terrists' don't know how

to add.

Good grief. But hey, it flogs the GOP meme....be VERY afraid!!!!!!!!!

[Atman]

7. What the fuck is there to "investigate?"

Why waste precious resources investigating some dumbass stunt? Is anyone thinking for a split second that terrorists were sky writing BOO over US airports? Have we completely lost our ever-lovin' minds?

SURRENDER DOROTHY!

[Fridays Child]

8. This isn't the first instance of sky writing terrorism...

[HuffleClaw]

9. BWHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA

hilarious. and just what the fuck is the FBI poking its nose into the matter for?

[liberalhistorian]

23. Well, they've gotta have something to

do to relieve the boredom of no longer checking out the activities of Clinton's penis! :evilgrin: :bounce: :bounce:

[LostinVA]

10. So.... "Boo!" is now against the law?

What a joke....

[bleedingheart]

11. if that guy gets arrested then our "democracy" is a joke

jesus...people need to relax...

while we have to be smart about terrorism, frightening people to death is getting to be ridiculous.

[Maeve]

13. Good thing they didn't hear me yesterday--whistling at the airport

"Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf"--just seemed to fit.

The only thing we have to fear...

[leesa]

14. It's no wonder the Neocons keep playing this terrorism gag over and over

again. It works so well on cowardly Americans!

[AnneD]

24. I am sooo pissed at many of my fellow citizens...

pissing in their boots at crap like this and worse yet cowtowing to the likes of Bush, Rove, et al. The only DEM leaders in Congress that really have any balls seem to be the women.:eyes:

[leftchick]

15. well I feel safer that the FBI is investigating

afucking WORD! :crazy:

[chat_noir]

17. just a bit of early Halloween fun!

...or an evaluation of the Bush administration

[mom cat]

18. Love it! ... What me worry?

:rofl:

[Bucky]

19. It's a little too soon for most people. But, um, the FBI? The FBI?

Don't they have worse crimes than aerial penmanship to investigate?

[TheWatcher]

20. OOOOOOOOO! INVESTIGATE ME! INVESTIGATE ME!

What A Fucking Joke this country has become.

[maseman]

21. This is a hoax

Unless this is a complete uncontrolled airport no one can sky write over an airport. Good way to kill yourself or someone in the pattern.

[neuvocat]

22. Where' the proof?

No one has a picture?

[Olney Blue]

25. It's been classified by Homeland Security.

[question everything]

26. Was it 'BOO!' written in sky, or just '3001'

Was it 'BOO!' written in sky, or just '3001'

UNION-TRIBUNE

August 12, 2006

Could a skywriting plane have made an editorial comment in San Diego skies in the wake of the latest terrorism scare?

At 6:45 p.m. Thursday, Mission Hills resident Alijandra Mogilner looked out toward Lindbergh Field and saw a small plane writing the word “BOO!” “I can't help but think it is in response to the U.K. incidents,” says Mogilner, who notes that some of her neighbors also noticed the writing. “It also shows that we're still vulnerable.”

A check with the FAA confirmed the skywriting incident. However, a spokeswoman concluded that it didn't constitute a violation in the Federal Aviation Administration's eyes because the pilot was in contact with air traffic control and the writing occurred at 9,500 feet and outside protected airspace above Lindbergh.

The message may not have been “BOO!” anyway, but rather “3001,” says FAA spokeswoman Holly Baker. The writing supposedly was in connection with a conference at the San Diego Convention Center. That couldn't be confirmed, but the Web site of a Virginia aerial surveying company called 3001 Inc. said it was listed as attendingthe annual convention of a global mapping company called ESRI in San Diego this week.

Find this article at:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/bell/20060812-9999-7m12bell.html

[krispos42]

27. Might it have been a banner instead? n/t