Washington DC is a big "no-fly" zone for general aviation. Basically, the feds don't want you flying your Cessna into the White House. I can understand their concerns.
What I don't understand is why folks insist on flying into the airspace anyway.
This past weekend, a couple in a Cessna flew into the no-fly zone, inducing a paranoia-fueled evacuation of the capital building. The couple was escorted to a local airport by a pair of F-16s, questioned, then released.
I'm sorry, but if you do something that results in the work of our government being suspended like this, then you should get more than a talking to! These incursions aren't accidental, I don't believe.
However, I haven't checked a map of the area. It's possible these folks were over what appears to be countryside. But if you can see the Washington Monument, maybe you've gotten just a little too close.
Come on, people! If we don't police ourselves, the feds are going to come up with more onerous rules. We do NOT want that.
I'm curious what you believe the intentions were of the pilots who recently violated the ADIZ if you do not believe them to be accidental. I'm not saying you are wrong, I'm just curious what you think their intentions were if not accidental.
I have flown in the area around the ADIZ and in many spots you can be within a couple miles of the ADIZ and be surrounded by countryside with no view of Washington. In fact, the ADIZ extends out 30 miles from Washington in some areas. VFR regulations only require 3 miles visibility.
