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Tamara Whitman wrote:
"The plane, a $7 million Cessna Citation 7, was found at the Gwinnett County Airport-Briscoe Field on Monday and remained there this morning, said Darren Moloney, spokesman for the Gwinnett County Police Department. The plane is owned by Pinnacle Air of Springdale, Ark., which had no comment on the incident today." "Planes are easy to steal if you know how to fly them, because they usually do not require a key to start the engines, Gwinnett County Police Sgt. D. Mattox told the Gwinnett Daily Post." --Damn he's giving away all the secrets! ![]() http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/3391484 Man Arrested, Charged in Jet Joy Ride http://tinyurl.com/a55cu Jerry |
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![]() "jwilljr" wrote in message ... Tamara Whitman wrote: "The plane, a $7 million Cessna Citation 7, was found at the Gwinnett County Airport-Briscoe Field on Monday and remained there this morning, said Darren Moloney, spokesman for the Gwinnett County Police Department. The plane is owned by Pinnacle Air of Springdale, Ark., which had no comment on the incident today." "Planes are easy to steal if you know how to fly them, because they usually do not require a key to start the engines, Gwinnett County Police Sgt. D. Mattox told the Gwinnett Daily Post." --Damn he's giving away all the secrets! ![]() http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/3391484 Man Arrested, Charged in Jet Joy Ride http://tinyurl.com/a55cu Jerry Here are the alleged thief's ratings. CertIficate: COMMERCIAL PILOT Rating(s): COMMERCIAL PILOT AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND AIRPLANE MULTIENGINE LAND INSTRUMENT AIRPLANE Type Ratings C/IA-JET Limits THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBJECT TO PILOT-IN-COMMAND LIMITATION FOR IA-JET. |
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Wow... what a way to ruin one's chances at ever having a flying career.
-- Guy |
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![]() "Guy Elden Jr" wrote in message oups.com... Wow... what a way to ruin one's chances at ever having a flying career. -- Guy My thoughts exactly, good luck finding an aviation job in a non-third world country. ----------------------------------------------- DW |
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"Darkwing" theducksmail"AT"yahoo.com wrote in
: "Guy Elden Jr" wrote in message oups.com... Wow... what a way to ruin one's chances at ever having a flying career. -- Guy My thoughts exactly, good luck finding an aviation job in a non-third world country. ----------------------------------------------- DW For a great fictional book about a pilot in just this situation, check out "Island of the Sequined Love Nun" by Christopher Moore. In the story, the pilot takes his employers pink Lear on a joy ride and crashes it trying to join the mile-high-club. One of my favorite books of all time. well, that was totally off-topic... |
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Well, first, thank god no one was hurt or killed (apparently). Second,
this is an excellent data point for the ADIZ controversy and for the GA airport security debate. Outstanding actually! I will be interested to see how Phil Boyer spins this latest incident to "prove" how effective security is at GA airports, and to show that the ADIZ is unnecessary. After all, how much damage could a stolen GA Jet do?? A truck, or even a Hyundai is more dangerous, right? Good thing he filed the request (on the Docket Management System) for public hearings on making the ADIZ permanent. Be careful what you wish for Phil!!! Now, lets watch as the politicos (mainly the odious duo of Schumer/Hillary) chime in. The media is all over it already, so the pols are sure to follow! Then the editorials will follow. And I guess Big Phil will have to get yet another new bumper sticker to replace the "I fly a C-150, ....fear me!" one. The repurcussions of the stolen jet (a jet!!!!) are vast, and very exciting for anti-GA activists such as myself. Hey, I wonder if the AOPA advertising budget will have to go up when the new propoganda ad appears in USA Today and other publications. Boy, this is gonna be really fun. |
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Although, Phil may point out that the ADIZ s/b only applicable to high
performance prop planes or jets, to protect the recreational pilots (the prime initiative of the AOPA). This could cause a split between the AOPA and the organization that represents business pilots (akin to what happened about 10-12 years ago in that user fee debate). Will be very interesting to watch. |
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Ugh. I cringed when I read about this, not just because I couldn't
believe anyone would be stupid enough to try something like that, but I knew the knee-jerk anti-GA types (Skylune) would jump all over this... and I was right. I read on AvFlash the crew left the plane unlocked on the ramp (major violation of ramp security and common sense) which was tempting enough to lure some dumbass kid into an even dumber stunt. Unbelievable. A 22 year old kid that probably wanted to fly for a living now with a useless type rating and a felony charge w/five misdemeanor counts to boot. The pax apparently didn't know the plane was stolen. (haven't figured that part out yet) |
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"but I
knew the knee-jerk anti-GA types (Skylune) would jump all over this... and I was right." Knee-jerk? I've been at this quite some time. "Anti-GA" is really just short-hand. I just think there should be much stricter regulation of GA, real enforcement of the FARs, that the FAA is hopelessly conflicted in its roles, that obtaining a PPL is much too easy (having had some limited experience here myself, and flying with my GPS challenged buddy), and that the subsidies s/b curtailed. I would not propose tearing the yoke out of any qualified pilot's hands, anymore than I would want someone to tell me I had to hand in my Mossberg (to go back to the gun ownership vs. right to fly analogy). Just watch, my predictions will materialize: 1. Press reaction (justified- I mean a stolen jet is certainly newsworthy) 2. Political opportunism: Here's Chuck and Hillary! 3. Editorializing. Its as predicatable as the tides. What I'm waiting is to see how the AOPA reacts, and how this most recent incident factors into the the ADIZ and GA airport security debate. |
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I read on AvFlash the crew left the plane unlocked on the ramp (major
violation of ramp security and common sense) which was tempting enough to lure some dumbass kid into an even dumber stunt. Lure? I didn't know unlocked planes exuded an aura. Jose -- Money: what you need when you run out of brains. for Email, make the obvious change in the address. |
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