R.I.P. Scout26
Must be:https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-02-08/investigators-said-to-probe-plane-too-close-to-air-force-one
2 miles of separation on a nice Florida Friday afternoon? No big deal. That is busy airspace down there. The article doesn't say, but maybe the other traffic wasn't talking to ATC.
I wondered if the private aircraft might be something as small as a Piper Cub. Do planes that small even have transponders, if the pilot is only certified for visual flight rules?
Pretty much everyone has transponders now, especially in South Florida.
No, the cloud of leprustank is back to its full intensity here in Northern Virginia.