Originally Posted by Taildragger67
but these are Canberra types we're talking about, so tell me it COULDN'T have happened...
No Dragger, theses are DEFENCE types you're talking about - some (most) people in Canberra live in the real world.
With regard to the CAPs when Dubya was in town there were rumours for weeks afterwards that some poor guy chugging along at 10000 ft was intercepted and advised a detour was a good idea - never heard if it was true or not.