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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I doubt there was a VIP on board ever.  And I doubt that the helicopter took off from Langley.

On day 1, Hangover Hesgeth said it was a continuity of government training exercise.  It took off from Belvoir or Bolling and went to Mt. Weather.  In order to prevent having the route monitored, they turned the transponder off when they got (initially) to Langley.  On the way back they turned the transponder on when they got to Langley so as to be seen by ATC when they re-entered airspace used by DCA.  No VIP.  Simple.

Why would a training flight have a VIP onboard?  Waste of time for the VIP and training missions carrying an actual VIP are no longer training missions.

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My understanding of Continuity of Government is that they trained for a terrorist or nuclear attack by flying "body doubles" of senators, congressmen, et al, up to Mt. Weather, so that if the time came for the real thing, they would act accordingly, taking the actual politicians up there. These "pseudo" lawmakers would then pretend to act as real lawmakers, passing legislation, issuing directives, etc. Don't ask me how I know. Sounds like a joke, but it happened for real after the Sept. 11, 2201 attacks, one of which was aiming for the Capitol. I forget who he was, but one senator said something along the lines of "I could get arrested for this, but after the 9/11 attacks I was whisked up to a mountain on a minute's notice" (no mention of the specific mountain). Dick Cheney was evacuated as well, possibly not to Mt. Weather but to Raven Rock on the Mason-Dixon line. There was even a dumb TV show about this, with Kiefer Sutherland.

So I conclude that the helo was returning from a legitimate training mission, after dropping off a passenger(s) at the mountain, who had a legitimate reason to be on the initial flight. The crew was not on a joyride.[/quote]

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