These fools apparently did not know that helicopter skyjacking has
already been tried in Saint Louis a few years ago. Apparently some
people there remember this.
A skyjacker pulled a gun on Allen Barklage and wanted him to land a
helicopter in a prison yard to make a pickup. Allen shot the
skyjacker dead.
How he did it is amazing since helicopters are an unstable beast and
will try to go inverted and kill you in short order as soon as you
turn loose of the cyclic.
I think that the judge should make an example out of these people and
their bosses so they do not try to skyjack an aircraft again. Just
because ther are the "PRESS" does not mean they are above the law.
John

On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 09:43:16 -0500, Darrel Toepfer
wrote:

C J Campbell wrote:
Pulling out knives or weapons during a flight and acting in a threatening
manner is a good way to get yourself killed. I would rather destroy the
plane than let a terrorist have it. Once they start acting like terrorists,
they're done. Any terrorist could later claim that he is really a reporter.

Just like an NBC reporter, bringing a Leatherman tool to a gunfight.

http://groups.google.com/groups?selm...&output=gplain

You'd think they'd kneaux better than to mess with St. Louis rotor
jockies...