This type of incident has happened before. I seem to remember a crew chief
snagging a ride in an F86D (I think it was the tripple nickle). He blew the
landing but not all that bad. Both he and the airplane lived to fly another
day.
Also, a B25 incident out of Keesler Field after the Korean War. Enlisted guy
lost the left engine due to misplacement of the mixture and then tried a
turn into that dead engige below Vmc. You DON'T do that in a B25 and live
very long. He crashed off the beach near Gulfport I think. I can't remember
if he was killed.
Dudley Henriques
"Rick" wrote in message
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There was an incident this past week where a Cessna Citation jet
disappeared from St. Augustine Airport, only to turn-up at an airport
outside Atlanta. Reports conflict as to whether the plane was damaged
in any way; certainly not seriously, at any rate.

We were talking about this ambitious joyride at work, and I remembered
a case in the eighties where a military technician, who I believe was
an accomplished glider pilot with a world altitude record, took an A-4
for a spin in the middle of the night -- perhaps over the holidays
while the field was closed. It might have been at El Toro.

Does anyone remember this? I promised a friend a link to this story if
I can find it.