[Dr. Eckleburg]

F-16.

Maybe that did happen. Makes more sense than "Oops, outa fuel. Think I'll glide to a safe stop."

These stories are often filtered. Any Maine residents with first-hand knowledge?

[8mmMauser]

Well I have a first hand knowledge of where it started because we just bought a house right there near the airport. But this is the first I heard of the event.

Maybe the guy heard we were moving there and got out fast.

[fight_truth_decay]

Let hired planes patrol coasts: report
Canadian air force too strapped for cash to help maintain
our sovereignty, navy says

Saturday, September 27, 2003

Canada's navy is looking at hiring private companies to conduct air sovereignty patrols along the east and west coasts because budget cuts and equipment shortages have hurt the military's ability to do the job.

The air force usually provides the navy with a number of Aurora surveillance planes to conduct such missions, but it has had to cut back on the number of flying hours because of a lack of money and aircraft.

Excerpt

A few hours after this story ran, a small Cessna stolen from a Maine air field piloted by an unidentified 25-yr old male makes a rough landing near Montreal.