Camp David through the use of publicly accessible satellite images. On July 2, 2011, an F-15 intercepted a small two-seat passenger plane flying near Camp David, when President Obama was in the residence. The civilian aircraft, which was out of radio communication, was intercepted approximately from the presidential retreat. The F-15 escorted the aircraft out of the area, and it landed in nearby Hagerstown, Maryland, without incident. The civilian plane's occupants were flying between two Maryland towns and were released without charge. On July 10, 2011, an F-15 intercepted another small two-seat passenger plane flying near Camp David when Obama was again
David Franks (aide-de-camp) David Franks (aide-de-camp) David Salisbury Franks (1740–1793) was aide-de-camp for General Benedict Arnold during the American War of Independence. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he was living in Quebec with his parents when the American Revolution broke out. A Jew, Franks in 1775 was president of the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue of Montreal, the oldest Jewish congregation in Canada, but then less than a decade old (Franks' congregation should not be confused with a similarly named congregation in New York). According to the late historian Jacob Rader Marcus, Franks publicly defended the right of a protester to compare King George III