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Liss even found a fresh way to overcome his fear of flying -- a serious handicap for a peripatetic photographer. He took five flying lessons a decade ago and promptly bought a Cessna 182, which he now pilots to and from assignments...
...past two months, a single-engine Cessna crashed into the White House and a lone gunman fired 27 rounds into the building. TIME asked authorities on various aspects of sealing buildings how to beef up presidential protection...
Just six weeks ago, in the middle of the night, a drunken and disturbed man crashed a single-engine Cessna into the White House lawn, below the President's bedroom. I was pretty impressed, until I heard that instead of the bedroom he hit a magnolia tree. And, even more embarassing, the President and First Family were sleeping across the street at Blair House...
...watch plane after plane taking off and landing at nearby National Airport. Heat- seeking missiles have been known to find targets other than those intended for destruction. In any case, at nearly 2 a.m. on that Monday, neither theory nor practice was tested. Corder's low-flying, small Cessna gave White House security personnel just enough time to dive...
Just before dawn on Monday, Sept. 12, a small red-and-white Cessna crash- landed on the White House lawn, ripped through a venerable magnolia tree planted by President Andrew Jackson and smashed into the side of the White House, just under the Clintons' bedroom. Fortunately, the First Family was spending the night across Pennsylvania Avenue at Blair House. The crash raised questions about White House security and why air-traffic controllers at National Airport did not notice the tiny plane on their radar screens. Noting that the pilot had a history of depression and substance abuse, investigators suggested...