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Every time I flew a twin into an airport in Georgia at night, the cops showed up and at least took down the tail number after shining their spot light on the plane. Even at Peach Tree Dekalb. And in every case I was on an IFR flight plane from the north. Makes sense, doughnut? Searching planes coming from the north?Don said:Not that I'd ever......
But I have never seen a curious cop on the ramp. If you wanted to move drugs around it seems like GA would be the way to go. No getting pulled over. Just go into rinky dinky airport on the edge of town at an odd hour.
I wonder why they don't use little composite homebuilts to bring the drugs into the country? Don't those plane have a very small radar signature?
They do! I seem to recall a 'documentary' about law enforcement on TLC or The Discovery Channel sometime in the last 12-14 months that had excerpts from a DEA aerial video. The segment was about a 4-6 hour pursuit of a suspected drug runner, flying nap of the earth at night in a Long EZ, eventually crashing - I think in lower Pennsylvania.Don said:I wonder why they don't use little composite homebuilts to bring the drugs into the country?
I would do it the other way. Go into a busy airport in the middle of the day. Even get the lineperson to help carry your bags.Don said:But I have never seen a curious cop on the ramp. If you wanted to move drugs around it seems like GA would be the way to go. No getting pulled over. Just go into rinky dinky airport on the edge of town at an odd hour.
hose plane have a very small radar signature?
Wasn't there a Long EZ or Velocity that ran out of fuel over Detroit a few years back? I believe Customs had been persuing him since the US/Mex border.ms6073 said:They do! I seem to recall a 'documentary' about law enforcement on TLC or The Discovery Channel sometime in the last 12-14 months that had excerpts from a DEA aerial video. The segment was about a 4-6 hour pursuit of a suspected drug runner, flying nap of the earth at night in a Long EZ, eventually crashing - I think in lower Pennsylvania.
Every time I flew a twin into an airport in Georgia at night, the cops showed up and at least took down the tail number after shining their spot light on the plane. Even at Peach Tree Dekalb. And in every case I was on an IFR flight plane from the north. Makes sense, doughnut? Searching planes coming from the north?
One trip was a private flight, a group of 5 of us flying from Green Bay to Tampa for Z-hills easter boogie. We stop at Peach Tree to get fuel at 2:00 AM and this cop shows up and flashes his light on our plane about the time I'm getting marshalled into position to shut down. I'm thinking dude, you must be one dumb mutha if you think we got room for drugs in this plane. There were 5 of us and gear for a week, including skydiving rigs.
I wouldn't go around thinking you aren't being watched at controlled or un-controlled fields.
Also, I would make sure that if you are being challenged at night by someone purporting to be with a law enforcement agency, that you make sure they are cops before you let them on board your aircraft for a little "look see". You may just find yourself hijacked or getting killed for your airplane.