This afternoon we went to the dump to look for more windows for the green house (this is not the exciting part so hang on...) while there, an F18 came by at a low altitude and made some really fast manoevers overhead which is unusual. Then we spotted a float plane in the sky as well, and sure enough the F 18 came whizzing by and flew parallel to the float plane and wagged its wings first left and then right. From my flight training I knew this to be the procedure to apprehend an aircraft that is not supposed to be in the airspace. With the G8 Summit, all airspace within 30 km around Huntsville is now restricted. There are military radar units set up now at all the smaller airfields in the area including the South River/Sundridge airport, as well as the Emsdale Airport which we drive by everytime we go to Mothers. So obviously, the F18 was dispatched when the radar picked up this activity of the small float plane when it should not have been flying. The F 18s are currently at North Bay airport so would be really close if needed immediatley such as with this occurrence. I was so excited to watch and to see in real life this event for which I had memorized for my own flying but of course never had reason to implement. And because we were at the dump, we had a clear view of it all.
And so that's my story for today.......Take care
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