Posted on 10/13/2005 2:12:10 AM PDT by HAL9000
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Imagine taking a joyride with five friends a fine trip, covering 400 or so miles, the sort of nighttime jaunt where the lights of towns and cities below twinkle like diamonds tossed across black velvet.Then imagine that trip coming to a rude conclusion when your five fellow travelers finger you as the guy who stole that ride, a $7 million Cessna Citation VII.
That's the situation facing Daniel Andrew Wolcott of Buford. Police arrested him Wednesday and charged him with taking the airplane, boosted from St. Augustine, Fla., last weekend and flown to Gwinnett County Airport/Briscoe Field.
Wolcott, 22, is facing five misdemeanor counts and one felony charge in Gwinnett for the alleged theft. He may face more, too: Federal officials and Florida authorities are considering filing charges.
Police said Wolcott has a commercial-rated pilot's license, but is not licensed to fly the Cessna, a sophisticated machine that can climb eight miles into the sky and exceed 500 mph.
Wolcott, said police spokesman Darren Moloney, "apparently is a talented and gifted pilot."
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"A lot of my problems, or close to problems were around motorcycles,wine and the Post Commander's(2 Star)18 yr old daughter."
That's got "trouble" written all over it.
We dated for several years, she is still mad we didn't marry.
One tine the General's aid lost the combination to the gun safe. The General had a speach to give, I was working traffic control. The General ask me if he could borrow my .45 to wear while giving the speach? I begged him to tell me he wasn't setting me up. He said he wasn't, I leant him my pistol and he gave the speach.
I thought that was pretty cool.
FReep mail coming at ya.
I don't have a pilots license. I do have some hours in a 150 and an hour in a Bonanza. Years ago a friend of mine had an instructors ticket and owned a 150 and a Bonanza. Every time we went somewhere and once we got up he would give me the directions I would do the flying to get us there. He told me once he would help me get my ticket all I would have to pay for is the gas. I was going to do it,but when I found out what everything was going to cost after I got it I just couldn't justify it.:(
I wish you had married her too........;^)
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