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14-year-old steals aircraft from small airport
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| 6/16/2005
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Posted on 06/16/2005 12:47:08 PM PDT by SamFromLivingston
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To: SamFromLivingston
Whoa....that boy must be something of a savant.
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posted on
06/16/2005 12:48:08 PM PDT
by
GSWarrior
To: SamFromLivingston
Boy! Those flight sim games sure must have gotten better.
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posted on
06/16/2005 12:48:36 PM PDT
by
beltfed308
(Cloth or link. Happiness is a perfect trunion.)
To: SamFromLivingston
Doing touch and goes?
This kid must ba natural to do what he did.
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posted on
06/16/2005 12:48:41 PM PDT
by
ProudVet77
(NASCAR - Because it's the way Americans drive.)
To: GSWarrior
Nah, the plane is almost control neutral. Pretty good choice to steal if you know nothing.
To: Dashing Dasher
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posted on
06/16/2005 12:50:09 PM PDT
by
Jersey Republican Biker Chick
(People too weak to follow their own dreams, will always find a way to discourage yours.)
To: ProudVet77
The engine died? Out of gas??
I'm thinking the part about "1st ever flight" might be part of his "lying to police" charge.
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posted on
06/16/2005 12:50:16 PM PDT
by
kjam22
To: SamFromLivingston
Lots of questions about this tale.
One thing is for certain.... if I'd have done any like this at 14, I would have never made 15. My dad wouldn't of thought much of me stealing a plane.
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posted on
06/16/2005 12:50:55 PM PDT
by
mad puppy
( "He's with me!" And I'm with W.)
To: SamFromLivingston
Seconds later, according to police, the plane's engine died causing it to make a hard landing on a road near the airport. Probably ran out of fuel. Kid got lucky. He could have been at a nasty altitude when it died.
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posted on
06/16/2005 12:51:15 PM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk)
To: GSWarrior
"Whoa....that boy must be something of a savant."
I remember when I solo'd at the age of 45. I took off, flew the pattern and then realized that I was going to have to land the thing all by myself. Terror! Then my training kicked in and it all went beautifully. I can't believe that this kid didn't have any training.
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posted on
06/16/2005 12:52:27 PM PDT
by
dljordan
To: dljordan
Let me ask you a question. When I fly United I can listen to the cockpit conversations. You hear all of the radio transmissions that is. And as you know those guys about every 10 minutes are changing to a new frequency to keep up with the ground tracking etc. Do private pilots have to go through all of that as well???
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posted on
06/16/2005 12:54:36 PM PDT
by
kjam22
To: kjam22
To some degree, but not as much because: (1) slower and (2) lower.
To: kjam22
I'm thinking the part about "1st ever flight" might be part of his "lying to police" charge.
Good chance you are right. (I suspect the flap settings will give him away.) But if you're not he best get a scholarship to the USAF Academy. BTW - What is a Cesna Two? In 1981 they had the Cessna 152 and 172 (4 passenger?) IIRC.
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posted on
06/16/2005 12:57:19 PM PDT
by
ProudVet77
(NASCAR - Because it's the way Americans drive.)
To: SamFromLivingston
My wife solo'd on her 16th birthday..14 is pretty young
without any training or some bootlegged time with pop
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posted on
06/16/2005 12:57:28 PM PDT
by
joesnuffy
(Taglines often reveal a lot about the inner person...)
To: kjam22
Yes, If you're flying in controlled airspace you do. If you're flying in uncontrolled airspace you only have to announce your intentions when landing. Don't take that for gospel as I haven't flown in years. The rules are different for instrument flight also. We've got lots of more experienced pilots on the site that could tell you a lot more.
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posted on
06/16/2005 12:59:55 PM PDT
by
dljordan
To: SamFromLivingston
Small airport.
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posted on
06/16/2005 1:00:11 PM PDT
by
Hank Rearden
(Never allow anyone who could only get a government job attempt to tell you how to run your life.)
To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick
Locked away in her hangar.
I hope.
;-)
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posted on
06/16/2005 1:01:51 PM PDT
by
Dashing Dasher
(To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of FReepers...)
To: ProudVet77
That's quite a trick. It might have been easier in one of these:
I may be silly, but I'd kind of like to own an Ercoupe.
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posted on
06/16/2005 1:02:51 PM PDT
by
Oberon
(What does it take to make government shrink?)
To: dljordan
The flight simulator games today are remarkably realistic. Bet he's spent time on them. Kid gets credit for cool nerves. With no respect for people's property, he'll be in prison 10 years from now. What a waste.
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posted on
06/16/2005 1:03:18 PM PDT
by
shteebo
To: Dashing Dasher
Can you imagine? "Hello, this is the police, remember that plane you used to have..."
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posted on
06/16/2005 1:04:03 PM PDT
by
Jersey Republican Biker Chick
(People too weak to follow their own dreams, will always find a way to discourage yours.)
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