Coast Guard, MSP looking for pilot who flew underneath Mackinac Bridge

WSBT ^ | Wednesday, August 19th 2020 | Trevor Drew

[jaydubya2]

Video at source.

[2banana]

Could have been a protest flight...so all is good.

[Red Badger]

I see they have solved all the other serious crimes so they are looking for some daredevil...............

[CrashCole]

Seems like something suggested by a W. E. B Griffin novel

[mad_as_he$$]

So the FAA doesn’t care?

[Boogieman]

Potential suspect:

[mware]

Piece of Cake.

[1Old Pro]

Harrison Ford looking for the runway?

[Wilhelm Tell]

Maybe it’s just a jihadist making a practice run. Nothing to see here.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

I suggest questioning some here on FR.
mrsmith
romanesq
for-q-clinton
okeydoker
strac6 (but, I repeat myself).

For obvious reasons.

[ecomcon]

and it imperiled the safety of everyone on the bridge that day,

All day? How about “at that time”?

[z3n]

"I want some butts!" - coast guard colonel

[Laslo Fripp]

Has the NSA tried the Michigan ping list?

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

They have it all....

[Hemingway's Ghost]

I have it on good authority that USN helo aviators back from VN used to do this to the Tappen Zee in the 1970s

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

coast guard colonel captain

A Coast Guard O-6 is a captain.

[treetopsandroofs]

By the text of the article, it does not seem to have been an ILLEGAL act.

[crz]

Somebody actually did it?

Holy cow! Its been discussed at length by many up there. Even a B52 crew had the thoughts of doing it, but they decided it might not be a good thing if they hit one side or the other. Matter of fact, I logged a piece of property of a B52 crewman who said that the pilot had got onto the deck and was actually gonna do it. He said that he had the ejection lever ready in case he kept up the run. He didnt and pulled up a couple miles from the bridge.

[Magnatron]

My father did that once. Long time ago in his twin engine Beechcraft. I was in the back seat.

[VanDeKoik]

“I see they have solved all the other serious crimes so they are looking for some daredevil...............”

Because doing a stunt like this is just frivolous?

Hopefully the pilot isnt a Muslim, then FR will fly off the rails about how this was a “dry run” for a terrorist attack.

Instead of laughing it off as just some fun flying.