Stolen Plane Crashes by Fresno
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EppyGA
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Maybe we can shoot ourselves in the foot.
Pi1otguy
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Honestly though, I'm surprised we don't see more prop locks. Back when people were scared of car theft the club got real popular. Only thing is that non-pilots I don't know if a prop lock looks like a deterrent.
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Wow, a fail on every level.
1. That he would steal a plane.
2. That he would attempt to fly it unlicensed.
3. That he would deliberately go to Fresno.
1. That he would steal a plane.
2. That he would attempt to fly it unlicensed.
3. That he would deliberately go to Fresno.
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Unbelievable! 
John221us
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You're assuming that he knew how to navigate. It said that he may have stopped at Stockton for food and Stockton is a towered airport, so I am not sure how he pulled that off. I am leaving for the airport now, to fly to Modesto for business, so there are reasons to head in that direction.
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This is basic ground school stuff guys, your not supposed to clip electrical lines, everyone knows that.
We are being shot in the foot though, TSA is going to be all over this one. I can see twenty foot high razor wire topped fences around every little airstrip in the nation. Live guards with dogs at every entrance. Mandatory prop locks on every airplane. Sign in, sign out sheets, photo IDs, special hats with your airplanes tail number emblazoned across them so the tower can read it on take off. We are going to have to give at least a twelve hour notice to TSA before entering any airfield, along with the reason we are going there.
This is like a huge gift to our nations security forces, they've been having wet dreams about this day.
John
We are being shot in the foot though, TSA is going to be all over this one. I can see twenty foot high razor wire topped fences around every little airstrip in the nation. Live guards with dogs at every entrance. Mandatory prop locks on every airplane. Sign in, sign out sheets, photo IDs, special hats with your airplanes tail number emblazoned across them so the tower can read it on take off. We are going to have to give at least a twelve hour notice to TSA before entering any airfield, along with the reason we are going there.
This is like a huge gift to our nations security forces, they've been having wet dreams about this day.
John
John221us
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That ship has sailed. This certainly didn't get the publicity of the Barefoot Bandit (although he somehow managed to live through several crashes). I think this more falls in the category of Darwin candidate.
schmookeeg
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Every so often on the intertubes I'll read a story of someone carjacking a car, only to discover it's a manual transmission and they are flummoxed.
I suspect planes are a few orders of magnitude above that.
My bonanza is unlocked with the keys in it, tied outside. Has been for 3 years. If people are joyriding, I'm none the wiser.
ainokea
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Turns out the guy who stole the plane was "high" and I'm not talking about altitude either...
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/02/15/BAT31N81EN.DTL&tsp=1
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/02/15/BAT31N81EN.DTL&tsp=1
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LOL
I'd like to nominate that article for the "No S--t Sherlock" Award. Ya think? What is the FAA maximum dosage of Meth?
Hadden might be jumping the gun, We'll need to wait and see if the NTSB determines that it was a "Contributing factor"