I have a friend that owns a nice BE-55 and flies it regularly. A few weeks ago he flew down to south Texas to pick up a couple of guys from his church that had taken a van down to be used by missionaries.
He got down there and was met by his friends and went to eat lunch and get ready for the return trip. They came back from lunch and the three of them loaded up and headed home. I will add that both flights were on IFR plans.
They had a nice three hour flight home and about twenty miles out he cancelled IFR. One of the guys had never been in a plane before so they go circle his house a couple of times, then to the airport and land. As they are pulling off the runway at the non-controlled airport, my friend said he looked back and saw a jet coming in all lit up. He said he thought that was kind of strange because he had heard no other plane making callouts.
His hangar is on the backside of a row of T-hangars and he always pulls between a couple of hangars to get to his. After rounding the corner he said all of a sudden there was a Citation coming around the other end with a cop car behind it pulling up in front of him. He looked behind and there were two cop cars now positioned behind him.
The door of the jet flew open and he said seven Homeland Security officers got out and swarmed his plane and ordered them out. One of the cars carried the dog and then the search was performed. All three in the plane were searched and the dog was brought to check them and the plane.
They didn't find anything and my friend said that after the seriousness of the situation had calmed, the guys were actually pretty friendly. He said that he raised a red flag by going to the border town by himself, and just staying for a short time and then coming back with a couple of passengers. The HS plane was from Houston. They followed him a long way. They told him that they really became suspicious when he circled the friends house.
There really isn't a point here, just curious if any of you have ever had a similar event.
He got down there and was met by his friends and went to eat lunch and get ready for the return trip. They came back from lunch and the three of them loaded up and headed home. I will add that both flights were on IFR plans.
They had a nice three hour flight home and about twenty miles out he cancelled IFR. One of the guys had never been in a plane before so they go circle his house a couple of times, then to the airport and land. As they are pulling off the runway at the non-controlled airport, my friend said he looked back and saw a jet coming in all lit up. He said he thought that was kind of strange because he had heard no other plane making callouts.
His hangar is on the backside of a row of T-hangars and he always pulls between a couple of hangars to get to his. After rounding the corner he said all of a sudden there was a Citation coming around the other end with a cop car behind it pulling up in front of him. He looked behind and there were two cop cars now positioned behind him.
The door of the jet flew open and he said seven Homeland Security officers got out and swarmed his plane and ordered them out. One of the cars carried the dog and then the search was performed. All three in the plane were searched and the dog was brought to check them and the plane.
They didn't find anything and my friend said that after the seriousness of the situation had calmed, the guys were actually pretty friendly. He said that he raised a red flag by going to the border town by himself, and just staying for a short time and then coming back with a couple of passengers. The HS plane was from Houston. They followed him a long way. They told him that they really became suspicious when he circled the friends house.
There really isn't a point here, just curious if any of you have ever had a similar event.
