Pilot Missing After Shuttle No-Fly Zone Incursion

[jumppilot]

This seems dishonest to me. Kind of like the hit and run traffic accidents that are so common today, most involving death.

Yeah, exactly like that.

 

[PureMuscle]

Wouldn't the FAA be able to track down the pilot using simple information though. I don't know if he took everything out of the plane, but looking at the registration or maybe a maintenace record book from wherever he rented the plane if he doesn't own it could be helpful. I doubt he was from far away, and probabaly rented it from a flight school near there. I think he should have just stayed by the plane.

 

[ISaidRightTurns]

I agree with the previous posts. Land, run and act surprised. Admit nothing. Would be very difficult to prove. Anyone know which a/p it was? Creek?

 

[T-REX]

Fast Food Defense would probably work in Florida. Countersue Em! Airplanes are inherently unsafe and it is the FAA's fault for putting you in danger.

Seriously though didn't they just suspend the guy that flew over the White House for 6 mos. This seems less serious than that.

 

[Fly_Chick]

I agree with the previous posts. Land, run and act surprised. Admit nothing. Would be very difficult to prove. Anyone know which a/p it was? Creek?

http://www.wesh.com/news/4776186/detail.html

During the space shuttle Discovery's return to flight Tuesday, a pilot flew into restricted air space over Brevard County.


The restricted air space extended 30 miles from the launch pad, and F-16 fighter jets had to chase the plane out, WESH 2 News reported.


According to Federal Aviation Administration records, the plane was co-owned by Robert Snider, of Zellwood. The FAA said Snider was not behind the plane's controls on Tuesday, but that it now knows who was.


The F-16 pilots had difficulty getting the pilot's attention. Many people on the ground also witnessed the incident.

"The fighter pilot flew real close to the Cessna," said Lt. Roy Bruce of the DeLand Fire Department. "He came around and buzzed him twice."


According to the FAA, the pilot was told to land at the private Deep Woods Ranch airstrip in Lake County. By the time police arrived, the pilot and the plane had left.


Authorities eventually found the plane at a nearby airport in Eustis, where the pilot apparently landed, refueled, parked in the hangar and went home.


"I couldn't believe it," said John Oklesen, the Mid-Florida Airport Manager. "They almost canceled the launch. He got within 20 miles of the launch site."


WESH spoke to the pilot's son, who said his father was cooperating with the FAA. Another source said it is possible that the pilot was no longer allowed to fly due to medical reasons. If so, the pilot could face disciplinary action.

 

[gern_blanston]

I ... hope the other pilots where ever he is based get together and throw him a first class blanket party for being such an idiot. There are plenty of people who would like to ban or severely restrict GA, and morons like this and the DC ADIZ busters give them the ammo they need to do it. There is no excuse for flying around central Florida on a launch day and not knowing and complying with the restrictions. None. Same with the Presidential ADIZ and TFRs.

Amen. These yo-yo's are gonna' cause trouble for all of us.

 

[KigAir]

"The fighter pilot flew real close to the Cessna," said Lt. Roy Bruce of the DeLand Fire Department. "He came around and buzzed him twice."

I thought it was a Piper Cub? Is Cessna a generic name for all aircraft? Cessna might want to change their name.

 

[Fly_Chick]

It's either good or bad for Cessna - depending on interpretation - the name branded with piston single engine GA. Kinda like Xerox for photocopies and Kleenex for tissues.

I also thought it was originally a Piper Cub. Maybe the guy did a good bit of mx before departing the hanger after he stored it.

 

[FlyJordan]

It was me, sorry guys

 

[FN FAL]

Amen. These yo-yo's are gonna' cause trouble for all of us.

Yea...don't make waves when the government is freedom grabbing. They might get mad at those of us that pay their wages and find a way to make us all behave real good next time. All in the name of "terrorism" of course.

 

[TrafficInSight]

Fast Food Defense would probably work in Florida. Countersue Em! Airplanes are inherently unsafe and it is the FAA's fault for putting you in danger.

Seriously though didn't they just suspend the guy that flew over the White House for 6 mos. This seems less serious than that.

No, they revoked his certificate/s and he can't reapply for 10 months.

This case is now worse since whoever the pilot is has tried to cover his tracks.

 

[FN FAL]

This case is now worse since whoever the pilot is has tried to cover his tracks.

He must be a terrorister...he landed, waited for the cops to clear out of the Krispy Kream and meet him at the airport, got bored and flew back to his home airport, where he refuled and then went home.

It's going to make me sleep better tonight, knowing that an old duffer without (allegedly) a medical, was able to outwit the government in a plane that flies twice the speed of BO.

 

[AA717driver]

Yeah, it was only because of excellent police work that they caught him...

The government is peeling away layers of our freedom. Al Qaida must be giddy. TC

 

[dseagrav]

was able to outwit the government in a plane that flies twice the speed of BO.

OK, where'd you get this one? I love it! ^_^