Here's a strange one...

[Princedietrich]

How many miles short of a Gulf splashdown was he? If the plane went down in the panhandle, I'm guessing it wasn't too terribly far from the water.

I'd bet if he'd uploaded another 10 or 15 gallons he would have pulled this off.

 

[Andy Neill]

I'd bet if he'd uploaded another 10 or 15 gallons he would have pulled this off.

I don't know. Even with the plane in the water, they still had the Alabama police sighting him with wet pants to the knees, the Alabama motel with the real name drivers license check in, the email to the friend after the event, the intercept sighting of the open door in flight, etc.

 

[Sonny Crockett]

This guy is a loser!

He NEVER competed in the Extra, just "bought" it and played airshow pilot (WOW! He flew STRAIGHT and LEVEL under a Bridge!)


His wife looks like a gold digger, now she is an ex-wife. What a loser!

10,000+ hours! yeah....right!

"Unlimited Airshow pilot" what a crock!

 

[SansPlane]

Bottle of sleeping pills: $24.99

Razor blades: $2.49

Accessing a tall structure: $0.00

Handgun: $239.00

10-feet of rope: $16.99

Piper Malibu, Hotel room, Red Yamaha, Camping gear, Razor blades: $720,322.49

Front page of the New York Post: Priceless
By NYAaron on 01/14/2009 at 1:52pm



The above information from: http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2009/01/marcus_schrenker_still_not_don.html

 

[KigAir]

How many miles short of a Gulf splashdown was he? If the plane went down in the panhandle, I'm guessing it wasn't too terribly far from the water.

I'd bet if he'd uploaded another 10 or 15 gallons he would have pulled this off.

I'd like to know if the plane ran out of gas or if the AP disconnected in flight.

 

[Squanto]

His plane ended up 19 miles short of the Gulf......should have done it near the Texas//Mexico border.......complete dumba$$....

S

 

[lowtimedriver]

The old dash, stash, crash and slash trick.

 

[Flying Biker]

I'd like to know if the plane ran out of gas or if the AP disconnected in flight.

Or if the intercepts didn't "help" it come down some way???

 

[CRJDispatchKid]

I'd like to know if the plane ran out of gas or if the AP disconnected in flight.

I'd say it ran out of fuel. From the pictures I've seen there isn't much evidence of fire damage to the aircraft or the trees around the wreckage.

 

[Princedietrich]

I don't know. Even with the plane in the water, they still had the Alabama police sighting him with wet pants to the knees, the Alabama motel with the real name drivers license check in, the email to the friend after the event, the intercept sighting of the open door in flight, etc.

Yeah you're probably right on that one. I'm just thinking that if the Malibu had gone into the drink, investigating the wreckage to find that the window hadn't imploded and there wasn't any gore all over the place would have been a lot more difficult. I agree that if he'd really wanted to get away with this he should have done it near the TexMex border, but it's likely that the DEA would have been all over his butt.

Meh, who knows. All I can say is that we can safely file this one under "You can't make this $#!~ up."