Slammer-Time! Felon/Pilot David Riggs Goes to Jail
Wed, Nov 16, 2011
It finally happened... after countless episodes of "how long can he keep getting away with this nonsense?", Convicted Felon and occasional aero-embarrassment, David G Riggs (48), was sent to jail a few hours ago after a Judge affirmed his 2010 conviction for a dangerous high-speed jet buzz job over the Santa Monica Pier in 2008.
I met this guy on a couple of occasions. He ran the ends of the spectrum. He actively searched out a military instructor pilot to teach him how to fly the L-39s he had, because he wanted to learn the correct way to fly them, then he pulls that Santa Monica pier stunt.
Not all bad, not all good. I never flew with him, but steered away from the opportunity because of the more reckless side of his nature. Not really surprised, but still a sad event.