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Gauntlet
08-08-2005, 11:25 PM
http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2005/06/16/alabama_teen_accused_of_stealing_cessna/

I'm astounded and appauled at this kid. :cantbeli:
disabled1
08-08-2005, 11:27 PM
hows that for originality
Aerosoul
08-08-2005, 11:37 PM
That sounds way too easy to do.
OzMan
08-09-2005, 12:51 AM
The kid must have had some kind of flight training. You have to know the startup sequence, which requires you to be somewhat familiar with a Cessna panel.

http://www.henleys-aircraft.com/images/172SP_panel_left.jpg

If this is the case, the penalties should be more severe for the punk, since he could be prosecuted for negligence, since he knew the protocols, but just didn't follow them.
MARINO
08-09-2005, 05:51 AM
Well he has played too much to flying simulator
n4292936
08-09-2005, 08:00 AM
Outstanding Son!!! That's the kind of effort that will see you succeed young man. Why, we should sign him up ourselves for demonstrating such hooyah initiative god damnit! An assett to his country this one is!
futurepilot2004
08-09-2005, 08:31 AM
The kid must have had some kind of flight training. You have to know the startup sequence, which requires you to be somewhat familiar with a Cessna panel.
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Not at all, Cessna`s are designed so that anyone can fly them. Its really a case of playing flight simulator for all of about 2 minutes and then turning the key.........seriously. Even if he`d never play flight simulator, it would only take a few minutes to figure it out.
Chuckie
08-09-2005, 09:40 AM
That happened here too in NY. I kid got drunk and stole a Cessna and landed it in Westchester NY. IN THE DARK

The scary part is that they didn't know the plane was stolen and never noticed it until it landed in NY.

http://www.whiteplainscnr.com/article3669.html
Violet Fashion by Mindy
08-09-2005, 09:45 AM
Flying a plane is not hard. Get the motor started, throttle, pull back on the stick. Go fast enough on the runway any plane will lift off the ground without the pilot doing anything.

Landing is the complete opposite. Throttle back to a point where gravity exceeds lift generated by forward momentum but not enough to induce a stall.

How do you think the Wright Brothers learn't?
toki
08-09-2005, 09:50 AM
That happened here too in NY. I kid got drunk and stole a Cessna and landed it in Westchester NY. IN THE DARK

The scary part is that they didn't know the plane was stolen and never noticed it until it landed in NY.

http://www.whiteplainscnr.com/article3669.html

it was YOU or the kid? ;)
TuNeRsHaRk
08-09-2005, 11:29 AM
starting a plane isnt the hard part, its landing the thing thats complicating,

i could easily get in a 737 right now and fly if i really wanted to
ValkXB70
08-09-2005, 04:31 PM
If you know the start up procedure for an aircraft it is not all that hard. The average person would not know the start up sequence for a commercial liner. Microsoft flight sim shows the start sequence for a Cessna.
Chuckie
08-09-2005, 04:38 PM
That happened here too in NY. I kid got drunk and stole a Cessna and landed it in Westchester NY. IN THE DARK

The scary part is that they didn't know the plane was stolen and never noticed it until it landed in NY.

http://www.whiteplainscnr.com/article3669.html

it was YOU or the kid? ;)

It was me, I'm posting this message from pound me in the a$$ prison.

Toki: I know this is off topic. But who is your avatar?