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Originally Posted by Guest
Small planes frequently violate the air space over Washington. Usually, it is just pilot error of not reading the instruments correctly but the usual procedure is to scramble a couple of jets from Andrews to see what is happening. The plane is then routed to Frederick, MD, and the pilot gets the scare of his life from military personnel.
A gyrocopter is a different story. I doubt he was flying at much more than a couple hundred feet. No way of shooting it down with a missile. Anyhow, the pilot is under arrest.
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Yes, you're right about the airspace issue for DC in general. I was referring to the actual airspace above the WH, Capitol and other more high-value areas. They have defensive systems, the details of which are understandably classified and thus not discussable.
In any event, the pilot is now in some very deep you know what.