Monday: An empty Air Force One 747 flies low over New York City for a photo-op, but nobody warns the public about it, and New Yorkers are rightfully scared. The White House apologizes.
Last Friday: a Cessna with a malfunctioning GPS navigation system mistakenly flies into protected airspace around Washington, D.C., triggering a scare which locks down the White House and recesses the Senate. Two fighter jets intercept the wayward plane and escort it in for a landing. Secret Service agents question an already-shaken pilot and his wife, but neither of them are charged with an offense, to my knowledge. Meanwhile, another small plane clips protected space but lands before it can be intercepted.
As Marvin Gaye once sang, "Ain't that peculiar."
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