Flight Sim enquiry raises terror alert

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Fri Jan-09-04 03:37 PM
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Flight Sim enquiry raises terror alert

Edited on Fri Jan-09-04 03:39 PM by Nomad559

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/28/34776.html

A mother's enquiry about buying Microsoft Flight Simulator for her ten-year-old son prompted a night-time visit to her home from a state trooper.

Julie Olearcek, a USAF Reserve pilot made the enquiry at a Staples store in Massachusetts, home to an earlier bout of hysteria, during the Salem witch trials.

So alarmed was the Staples clerk at the prospect of the ten year old learning to fly, that he informed the police, the Greenfield Recorder reports. The authorities moved into action, leaving nothing to chance. A few days later, Olearcek was alarmed to discover a state trooper flashing a torch into to her home through a sliding glass door at 8:30 pm on a rainy night.

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=306340

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