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|    Vincent Coen to Aviation HQ    |
|    Guy in a jet-pack over LA    |
|    04 Sep 20 16:08:25    |
      REPLY: 2:292/854 13280916       MSGID: 2:250/1@fidonet 5f5258a8       CHRS: UTF-8 2       TZUTC: 0100       TID: MBSE-FIDO 1.0.7.17 (GNU/Linux-x86_64)       Hello Aviation!              Thursday September 03 2020 16:31, you wrote to All:               > Several pilots spotted a man in a jetpack over Los Angeles recently.        > The man flew at an altitude of almost a kilometer, on an approach        > route to the airport. The FBI has started an investigation.               > The jetpack man was first spotted by the pilots of American Airlines        > flight 1997 from Philadelphia. They informed air traffic control that        > he flew less than 300 meters from their Airbus A321. A short time        > later, the pilots of a SkyWest flight also reported it.               > It is of course very dangerous to fly with a jetpack at that altitude.        > If such a person collides with an airplane, it will almost certainly        > lead to a serious incident. The jetpack man is still being searched        > for. For now there doesn't seem to be any trace of him.                     Did he not file a IFR flight plan as it sound like he was in the approach       phase ?              :)              Vincent              --- Mageia Linux v7.1 X64/Mbse v1.0.7.13/GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20180707        * Origin: Air Applewood, The Linux Gateway to the UK & Eire (2:250/1)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 15/0 19/36 25/0 21 90/1 106/201 116/18 120/331 340       SEEN-BY: 123/130 140 153/0 757 802 6809 7715 203/0 218/220 700 221/0       SEEN-BY: 221/1 6 360 226/30 227/702 229/101 424 426 664 230/0 240/5411       SEEN-BY: 240/5832 5853 249/317 400 250/0 1 5 8 32 261/38 100 263/0       SEEN-BY: 263/5 266/512 267/155 275/100 280/464 5003 282/1031 1056       SEEN-BY: 291/100 292/854 8125 310/31 317/3 322/757 335/364 341/66       SEEN-BY: 342/200 396/45 423/81 120 633/280 640/1321 712/848 770/1       SEEN-BY: 4500/1       PATH: 250/1 261/38 153/757 221/6 1 280/464 240/5832 229/426           |
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