Ex-student Pilot 'tries To Steal Plane At Gunpoint'

[mnewbery]

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/8456054/ex-student-pilot-tries-to-steal-plane-at-gunpoint

 

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=8630740&rss=rss-kabc-article-8630740

 

"He got into the Cessna and started the engine, but he was stopped from going anywhere by a chain connecting the plane to the tarmac. "

 

...gene pool filter will catch up with this one

 

 

[metalman]

should have used a check list,,,,I wonder if the Instructor got a rev for not teaching him how to preflight properly

 

 

[Guest Darren Masters]

You get all sorts in this world :confused:

 

 

[Guest JabJockey]

I guess getting stopped on the ground is preferable to getting shot down by the local F-16 Air National Guard squadron.

 

 

[sixtiesrelic]

There was a story about "The Black Baron" out Quilpie way in the eighties.

 

Got her off the ground and then realized he'd never really watched what the pilot DID when landing.

 

He finished up in the town dump and full of remorse left it there and walked into town to admit he'd been a silly lad to the cops.

 

When he arrived, he had difficulty getting a word in because of a number of excited witnesses fighting to tell the cops what THEY saw.