Grand theft Lawn dart
Previously...
“U.S. fighter jets tracking stolen plane from Thunder Bay, Ont.”
BY DAVID WYLIE, CANWEST NEWS SERVICEAPRIL 6, 2009 10:19 PM
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SNIPPET: “A small plane stolen from a northern Ontario airport was being tracked Monday night by U.S. fighter jets.
The Cessna 172 was stolen from Thunder Bay International Airport Monday at about 3 p.m. ET. It’s unclear why the pilot stole the plane.”
CNN: Pilot arrested...
Have to look up the stall speed of an F16 plus their turn radius ....
Geez..front page?
Originally from Turkey - guess the religion.
Just a little test to see if we are awake. I expect with Obama as CIC there will be lots of these types of things happening. Seemingly small incidents that are really benchmarks to the Muslims. It will be a summer of flies bitting the horse, until they make the horse (Obama) give up,scared and run away.
if he thought he was escaping from a socialist country to a non-socialist country he was sadly mistaken.
About three hours later, at 3am, the guy walked back in the bar just as drunk as before and told them he had proof that he was a pilot. Then people started running into the bar and they heard sirens, so they went outside and right in front of the bar on St. Nicholas Ave was a stolen Cessna. He landed it right on the street.
Then the cops came in and arrested him for stealing the plane from Teterboro Airport, about ten miles away.
I actually doubted the story until somebody sent me a pdf of an article from the NY Times, Oct. 1 1956 that told the exact story.
F-16 Ping
Student pilot steals plane and is chased down by F16’s? Guess this means he’ll have to wait until being released from Leavenworth before be get’s his license. Things are sure getting wierd these days.
That's odd. the other thread on this topic said that the FBI said the guy was from the school but not a student. Wonder which is true.
I laughed out loud when CNN said this morning that he “supposedly” entered the US illegally.
Canada to New Orleans in a 172?
November 3, 2009
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://stlouis.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel09/sl110309.htm
Canadian Man Sentenced on Charges of Interstate Transportation of a Stolen Plane
ST. LOUIS, MO—Adam Dylan Leon was sentenced to 24 months in prison on federal charges of interstate transportation of a stolen aircraft, importation of a stolen aircraft, and illegal entry, for flying a stolen Cessna 172 aircraft into the United States from Canada, Acting United States Attorney Michael W. Reap announced today.
According to the facts filed with the court: Prior to April 6, 2009, Leon was a joint Turkish-Canadian citizen residing in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. He had been taking aviation classes at Confederation College of Applied Arts and Technology in Thunder Bay. On April 6, 2009, Leon stole a Cessna 172 training aircraft from Confederation College, took off without authorization, and piloted the aircraft southward across the border of the United States. He did not obtain approval from air traffic control and did not respond to radio contact. Due to the unknown nature of the flight and Leon’s lack of radio communication, appropriate authorities were notified of the plane’s location and direction of travel. American and Canadian authorities coordinated a prompt response to ensure the public safety. United States Department of Defense and Customs and Border Patrol aircraft intercepted the Cessna 172 after it entered United States airspace, and closely tracked its progress.
Attempts to communicate with Leon were unsuccessful. After flying the plane southward through United States airspace for several hours, Leon landed the plane on a road off of Highway 60 near Ellsinore, MO. He was arrested shortly after by the Missouri Highway Patrol at a local grocery store in Ellsinore.
“Illegally entering the United States in a stolen plane is tantamount to a breach of our nation’s borders,” said Gary Hartwig, special agent in charge of the ICE Office of Investigations in Chicago. “We work closely with our law enforcement partners to identify border security threats and investigate those who violate U.S. immigration and customs laws.”
“This turned out not to be a terrorist act and fortunately no one got hurt,” said Roland J. Corvington, special agent in charge of the FBI in St. Louis. “But today’s sentencing shows how the FBI and its partners take national security seriously by dedicating unlimited hours and resources needed to resolve what was a threat at the time.”
Adam Dylan Leon, a.k.a. Yavuz Berke, 31, of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, pleaded guilty in August to one felony count of interstate transportation of a stolen aircraft, one felony count of importation of a stolen aircraft, and one count of illegal entry into the United States. He appeared today for sentencing before United States District Judge Charles A. Shaw, in St. Louis, MO.
Reap commended the work on the case by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Thunder Bay Police of Ontario, Canada, and Assistant United States Attorney D. John Sauer, who handled the case for the U.S. Attorney’s Office.