Must See: Canadian Oil Sands Flyover

Wow, very enlightening if you want to get a visual idea of what it costs and what it takes to mine oil sands.

The Canadian Oil Sand Mines Refused Us Access, So We Rented This Plane To See What They Were Up To (May 18, 2012)
“After being refused a mine tour and any type of access to a mining site or equipment, Business Insider rented a plane that I used to see everything I [...]

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NORAD Intercepted Two Planes Over Chicago During Obama Visit

Alexandra Clark
nbcchicago.com
June 17, 2012

Editor’s note: And yet it was unable to intercept planes that crashed into the WTC and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001.

In separate incidents, two small planes flying over Chicago on Saturday were intercepted by an F-15 fighter under the direction of North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).

There is a temporary flight restriction while the First Family is in town for the weekend.

One plane, a Cessna 172, [...]

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