Pilot fakes own death (RO)

The BBQ Pit
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Talk about your not-very-well-thought-out plans…

So this guy with a failing business takes off in a small plane, fakes a distress call and bails out. Military aircraft spot his plane in the air, flying on autopilot. They visualize that his windshield did not in fact implode as he reported.

Meanwhile, our intrepid pilot is found on the ground after having bailed out of the plane. He inexplicably gives his driver’s license to the police who find him, who take him to a hotel. At the hotel, the security cameras helpfully tape him checking in under an assumed name, at which point he disappears into the woods.

What an amazing blend of poor planning and bad luck. The guy probably ran his business like he ran his fake death attempt. :rolleyes:

This whole thing reminds me of a Coen Brothers film…

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Which, if they make, ought to star William Macy again.

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Perhaps the pilot will jump into a wood chipper as his final act…

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I wonder if the pilot will turn up at some port as a garbage scavenger operating a small boat.

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Damn odd story. Thank God he did not kill anyone.

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is there a link for this story?

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What happened to the plane? Did they let it run out of gas and crash, or what?

never mind, details are here: Authorities: Pilot who bailed from plane under securities probe - CNN.com

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Holy crap

The crash site is less than 50 miles from my house!

And the irony!

He crashed into what has been “legally” declared the canoeing capital of florida…and here he was hundreds of miles to the north, all wet, telling the cops he was in a “canoeing accident” :slight_smile:

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:smack: Whoops–forgot to post the link. Thanks for posting it, Revtim.

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I hope he doesn’t have a pacemaker scar, it’s a real giveaway.

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I think it says something about tygre and me that the minute we read that story we were trying to come up with ways that the guy could have gotten away with it.

[sub]He shouldn’t have bothered with the distress call at all. And he should have let the plane autopilot into the ocean.[/sub]

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I was discussing this with another pilot over lunch. What we found most remarkable was that he was able to climb out of a six-seat Piper while in flight AND while wearing a parachute! The cockpit is tight, the door difficult to open more than a small bit while in flight, and parachutes are bulky.

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Okay, the reference to the pacemaker scar, etc., is going right over my head, and dammit, I know I should “get it.”

Help.

Sir Rhosis

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What struck me about this whole story was the comparison to all the stories you hear about criminals’ exploits in which they would have gotten away with it, but for just one thing that went awry.

For this clown, everything that could go wrong did go wrong, apparently.

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You know?

If you are going to send out a mayday that the windshield imploded and you are bleeding profusely, it would probably be a good idea to mess up the windshield and leave some blood ya know?

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Are they Rory B. Bellows references?

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Looks like he fills the old adage:
Any idiot can run a company. The only problem is one often does.

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Or those meddling kids.

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Krusty the Clown

Just so everybody knows not to accept his personal checks.

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Weirdest thing…

My sister dated this guy for several months in high school! He was a super “golden boy” kind of guy, and his dad was superintendent of my hometown school system.

Except for the threats of suicide between golden boy moments, he was nice enough, I suppose… :eek:

And very good looking…:cool: