(Robert M. Gary) wrote in message . com...
I think they said that
there are approx 1 verifiable airplane stolen in Mexico a year
(usually a 210). My agent says he sees more planes stolen in the U.S.
with prop locks, locked hangers and wheel locks.


There's a simple reason for that. It's much easier for a drug
smuggler to find a suitable Cessna 18x or 2xx (smugglers planes of
choice) at a U.S. airport near the border. Just take it and fly it
over.

Last time I checked, there were about a dozen planes stolen per year
in the U.S. and about 80% were the larger Cessnas stolen from states
on the Mexican border and Florida.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)