16 year old steals a plane

This happened last night at an airport near us. Stupid mistake for a kid
who dreams of flying one day.

There is a link to the full video on the page too.

http://www.wsmv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4441019

jf

Sounds like he was signed off to solo. Nearly knocking off the lights
off a patrol car won't make the FAA happy though. Sounds like the owner
knew him, maybe he won't press charges.

-Robert

Great. Another dumbass kid pulls a stupid stunt and GA looks bad
because of it. String him up by his nuts...

Another dumbass kid pulls a stupid stunt

If you were never a "dumbass kid" than you are a better man than I.

-Robert

"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
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Another dumbass kid pulls a stupid stunt

If you were never a "dumbass kid" than you are a better man than I.


In my day, a dumbass kid wrecked his daddy's car; today, they steal and
wreck airplanes.

Just how dumb is DUMB?


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Matt
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Matthew W. Barrow
Site-Fill Homes, LLC.
Montrose, CO

On Fri, 3 Feb 2006 02:01:55 -0700, "Matt Barrow"
wrote:


"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
oups.com...
Another dumbass kid pulls a stupid stunt

If you were never a "dumbass kid" than you are a better man than I.


In my day, a dumbass kid wrecked his daddy's car; today, they steal and
wreck airplanes.

Just how dumb is DUMB?

On a positive note at least he did not kill himself or anyone else.

If you were never a "dumbass kid" than you are a better man than I.

I've had my share of dopey stunts, believe me... But I would have never
done anything as dumb as stealing an airplane, especially without a
license. To me that tops the "Stupid Teenager Tricks" list. Plus,
anytime something like this happens the knee-jerk anti-GA types (like
Skylune) crow about the lack of security at airports etc. and the
unknowing public has yet another reason to think small planes are evil.

" wrote:

I would have never done anything as dumb as stealing an airplane,
especially without a license.

I've never heard of a license to steal airplanes.

Testosterone is a neurotoxin. There is no other possible explanation for
some of the things teenage boys do.

by " Feb 3, 2006 at 06:13 AM


If you were never a "dumbass kid" than you are a better man than I.

I've had my share of dopey stunts, believe me... But I would have never
done anything as dumb as stealing an airplane, especially without a
license. To me that tops the "Stupid Teenager Tricks" list. Plus,
anytime something like this happens the knee-jerk anti-GA types (like
Skylune) crow about the lack of security at airports etc. and the
unknowing public has yet another reason to think small planes are evil.

"Knee jerk"? "Evil" small planes? Hardly. Just how is the public
supposed to act when these things happen a few times a year? The AOPA
will tell you the airport watch program is the solution, even though it
keeps happening.

If GA were "evil," I wouldn't fly in the 172 at all. There are definite
problems, thats for sure, which the AOPA constantly tries to dismiss,
rather than address. That is because addressing them would cost money,
and pilots are so used to flying in large part on the taxpayers' dime.

But I would have never done anything as dumb as stealing an airplane, especially without a license

I'm not justifying just setting some items straight in the record..

1) The report said the kid held a solo endorsement for that plane.
Therefore I would not say "without a license" since he was legal to fly
solo
2) Yes, he did steal the plane but from a family friend who was also
his boss. Again, not an excuse but its quite different than just
grabbing a plane on the ramp.

-Robert