Plane over Pottstown was funeral fly-by for military officer
By Evan Brandt eb4randt@pottsmerc.com
The sight of a large vintage aircraft flying repeatedly through the area had phones ringing at area aiports and The Mercury mid-day Tuesday.
According to Philadelphia Airport Air Traffic Control, the flight was for a "funeral fly-by" of a "high-ranking military officer" who was buried today in Holy Cross Cemetery.
The nearest Holy Cross Cemetery identified by The Mercury is in Pennsburg.
The phones at both Pottstown Municipal and Pottstown-Limerick Airport were ringing and those answering the phone knew immediately why people were calling.
Theories varied from practice for the Atlantic City Air Show to military training.
"They're flying some sort of pattern, but it's definitely a B-52," said Joe Judge, who answered the phone, not for the first time, at TNT Air Inc. at the Pottstown Municipal Airport.
"It's pretty interesting and it sure got people's attention," he said.
http://mogallants.wordpress.com/2011/08/16/is-it-a-miiltary-plane-circling-overhead/#comment-249
Here's a post from Mo Gallant, a longstanding Pottstown blogger. Anyone have any ideas about why a military plane would be circling overhead in the borough? Willow Grove is, uh, that-a-way, to the east in Horsham.