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Old 04-28-2009, 07:13 PM   #32
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Why would he be contacted on 121.5 if he's not calling mayday?
121.5 is a universal frequency for contacting others - not just for maydays. Airplanes, control towers, etc routinely monitor this frequency.

So they call this Cessna repeatedly and he does not answer? The response occurs so often as to be routine. They dispatch aircraft to intercept it. A Cessna pilot had no idea he was in restricted space until Coast Guard choppers appeared on his wing.

Meanwhile a second plane also violated that airspace. No contact was made. So routine as to not be reported. But somehow a Cessna over nothing in MN is a greater threat? Only to those whose agenda is fear. Cessnas are not a significant danger even though these airspace violations occur often.
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