How long does it take to get a filed flight plan?

[AlCzervik]

isn't it pretty quick?

[rsmith6621]

1. About 30 seconds and the click of a mouse..

I file about twenty a day.

[Warpy]

2. They'd have to be able to ID the plane

which means they'd have to hope somebody was filming the acrobatics before the hit.

Small planes don't have transponders, generally.

[rsmith6621]

3. Small planes don't have transponders, generally.

Wrong.......Most do...unless they are an ultralight or expeimental....

[Solo_in_MD]

4. Transponders are quite common these days

most are altitude encoding as well. It if was a twin, it had one. Whether or not it was on is another matter.

[in_cog_ni_to]

5. They knew within minutes who was flying that plane.

They just wanted to give NORAD time to get those planes up and out...to work the sheeple into a frenzy.