Imagine the scene: wave after wave of Dakota aircraft swooping through a canyon to land at an improvised airstrip, fashioned from a stony field only days earlier by local women, children and old folk.
The flight test occurred just as Secretary Gates was visiting Beijing ironic timing since Gates had terminated the top-of-the-line F-22 only two years earlier, arguing China would not field a similar aircraft until 2025.
General aviation aircraft flying into or out of three airfields in the DC area -- Potomac Airfield, Hyde Field and College Park Airport -- will be required to stop at Tipton Airfield in Tipton, Maryland, to be screened by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).