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FAA reviewing football fly-over
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| 11/4/07
| MARK PRICE
Posted on 11/05/2007 4:33:19 AM PST by Rb ver. 2.0
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To: Rb ver. 2.0
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"Son, your ego is writing checks your body can't cash."
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posted on
11/05/2007 5:05:27 AM PST
by
gridlock
(ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
To: Rb ver. 2.0
Fortunately for all, the ill conceived prank didnt end badly.
Buzzing a stadium is a very bad idea.
Baltimore Memorial Stadium Baltimore Colts vs the Pittsburg Steelers
One highly unusual incident was the crash of an airplane on the stadium premises. This occurred on December 19, 1976, just minutes after the conclusion of an NFL playoff game with the Pittsburgh Steelers. A small plane buzzed the stadium, and then crashed into the upper rows of the upper tier of seating. Fortunately for the spectators in that area, the Steelers had won the game handily (40-14), and most of the fans had already exited the stadium by the time the game ended. There were no serious injuries, and pilot Donald Kroner was arrested for violating plane safety regulations Wikipedia.
My brother was at this game and had been sitting only one section away from where the plane crashed. My mother and I had watched the game on TV and then the news reports came on. Since this was BCP (before cell phones) we had no way of contacting my brother to see if he was OK. When my brother came home we were much relieved. He hadnt heard about the crash but wasnt all that surprised as this idiot had been buzzing the stadium for much of the fourth quarter.
A few years later some idiot in a private jet buzzed our neighborhood early one Sunday morning. It scared the Bejesus out of us. I was inside and heard this terrible roar and the house actually shook; dishes rattled and pictures nearly came off the wall. My mom and I dove to the floor. For a minute we thought WWIII had started and it was a Russian missile attack.
I went outside to see what was going on and he came back again and I saw him flying at ridiculous speed within a few yards of the roof tops.
The pilot was found and arrested and he lost his pilots license. He was some very wealthy guy who lived in N. Baltimore County horse country who had a private landing strip on his property and was going on a joy ride with his new toy.
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posted on
11/05/2007 5:11:47 AM PST
by
Caramelgal
(Rely on the spirit and meaning of the teachings, not on the words or superficial interpretations)
To: Rb ver. 2.0
Recruit them for Top Gun!
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posted on
11/05/2007 5:13:31 AM PST
by
Samurai_Jack
(ride out and confront the evil!)
To: Thrownatbirth
See my post 22. “Hey, he better have a ticket stub.” LOL!
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posted on
11/05/2007 5:15:17 AM PST
by
Caramelgal
(Rely on the spirit and meaning of the teachings, not on the words or superficial interpretations)
To: Rb ver. 2.0
I’m not sure about the NFL rules, but in Canada it would be a single point- field goals have to be kicked off the ground.
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posted on
11/05/2007 5:31:04 AM PST
by
Squawk 8888
(Is human activity causing the warming trend on Mars?)
To: Caramelgal
If I recall, the stadium pinhead turned out to be a real whack job. He finally did prison after stealing a Greyhound bus and was caught trying to hide it in his mom’s backyard.
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posted on
11/05/2007 5:31:26 AM PST
by
Thrownatbirth
(.....when the sidewalks are safe for the little guy.)
To: Caramelgal
I checked the NTSB accident report board, and it shows that the pilot, flying a Piper PA-28 Cherokee, “attempted to land in the stadium after the game”, then failed to clear the end zone stands on an attempted go-around. I suppose this could go in the books as “failed field goal”.
To: dawn53
I find it odd that you can rent a plane (as a minor) but you can't rent an car until you're 25No mystery here because (1) the under-25 rule is set by the insurance companies, not the law and it's cheaper to insure an rental aircraft than to insure a rental car; and (2) renting to minors is a necessity for the flight schools because every student pilot has to rent the planes for the solo exercises.
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posted on
11/05/2007 5:34:12 AM PST
by
Squawk 8888
(Is human activity causing the warming trend on Mars?)
To: gridlock
I'm sure we weren't breaking any laws when we did those donuts in the middle of Athleton's field the week before our away game there.You mean trespassing and intentionally damaging private property isn't against the law?
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posted on
11/05/2007 5:36:10 AM PST
by
Squawk 8888
(Is human activity causing the warming trend on Mars?)
To: Rb ver. 2.0
Does that count as a field goal or a touch back?
A field goal has to cross through the goal posts, so this one is probably a touchback.
Based on the ages of the participants, it's also possibly the first story in a long line of "Hold my Red Bull and watch this" stories.
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posted on
11/05/2007 5:39:32 AM PST
by
Bernard
("Rare, Safe and Legal" - what an ideal Immigration Policy should look like.)
To: Rb ver. 2.0
The FAA will probably pull his license for busting minimums over an inhabited area.
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posted on
11/05/2007 5:41:27 AM PST
by
Wil H
To: Rb ver. 2.0
"He WAS a registered pilot and knows the consequences of this. "
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posted on
11/05/2007 5:46:20 AM PST
by
Gorzaloon
(Food imported from China = "Cesspool + Flavor-Straw")
To: Squawk 8888
You mean trespassing and intentionally damaging private property isn't against the law? Of course we were breaking the law. We were young and stupid and breaking the law. That is the whole point.
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posted on
11/05/2007 5:54:47 AM PST
by
gridlock
(ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
To: chrisser
A 17 year old can rent an airplane, to fly at night without an adult? 17 years old is the youngest you can get a pilot's license. I got mine when I was 18. I also got my multi-engine when I was 18. I could go rent anything I was qualified on at that point.
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posted on
11/05/2007 6:08:16 AM PST
by
6ppc
(It's torch and pitchfork time)
To: PeteB570
the friend did a little of the I bet you cant, Yes, I can, No, you cant stuff. IOW, just the sort of stuff that gets kids killed when a teenage driver has teenage passengers. That's why parents no longer are willing to allow their kids to have teenage passengers - so why was it allowed in an airplane?
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posted on
11/05/2007 6:10:39 AM PST
by
conservatism_IS_compassion
(The idea around which liberalism coheres is that NOTHING actually matters except PR.)
To: Rennes Templar
Speaking of the Air Force. I was at the Fresno State v Utah State game on Saturday. During the national anthem two, yes two, B1B bombers flew together over the stadium. Low and slow. Loved it!
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posted on
11/05/2007 6:21:48 AM PST
by
Enterprise
(Those who "betray us" also "Betray U.S." They're called DEMOCRATS!)
To: Liberty Valance
My immediate reaction was that we were going to have a terrorist act of some sort, said Vincent Bud Cesena, head of CMS law enforcement, who was among the 4,000 people in the stands. 'Bud' Cesena, no relation to Cessna 172.
To: Rb ver. 2.0
Suspend the pilot from school ... ten send him to the astronaut program at NASA. :)
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"Who's the best pilot I ever knew?..."
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posted on
11/05/2007 6:49:43 AM PST
by
The Duke
(I have met the enemy, and he is named 'Apathy'!)
To: Caramelgal
Back in 1997, Neil Anderson (USAF Retired then) picked up one of his toys from Breckenridge, Tx and did two 50' off the deck passes of Hicks Airport (N Fort Worth) @ 400 mph in his F-86 Sabre.
He passed away a year ago.
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posted on
11/05/2007 7:19:31 AM PST
by
Deguello
To: gridlock
Sorry, I should have realized the /sarcasm tag was implicit.
When I was a kid most of my stupid illegal pranks involved homemade explosives. I don’t even want to think of what the response would be like now...
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posted on
11/05/2007 7:41:40 AM PST
by
Squawk 8888
(Is human activity causing the warming trend on Mars?)
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