I lived in “suburban Virginia” for many years, but only had one encounter. Newt Gingrich showed up in the bookstore I was killing time in to do a book signing. Best way to get out of the store was to walk directly behind him as he was signing. Had a brief impulse to give him a well-deserved smack upside his head.
My guess is that was supposed to be FAA. At certain airports, aircraft are supposed to follow “noise abatement” procedures on takeoff and landing to reduce the annoyance of local residents.
Samurai. But, yeah. He’s wrong because KK Sr is still out there.