Man steals plane from Canadian flight school,stopped by F-16

[Fighting_falcon_51]

http://www.whec.com/news/stories/S868908.shtml?cat=572
man who is accused of stealing a small plane from a flight school in Thunder Bay, Ontario and flying across three U.S. states is now in custody in southeast Missouri.

Missouri Highway Patrol says he was captured shortly after landing the plane on a rural highway near Ellsinore and fled on foot.

Thirty-one-year-old Adam Leon is under arrest, but has not yet been charged. It's alleged he scaled a fence at Thunder Bay's Confederation College Flight Centre Monday afternoon and took off in a four-seater Cessna.

As he flew into U.S. airspace, F-16 fighter jets intercepted Leon after radio calls and signals to land were repeatedly ignored.

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[USAF Pilot 07]

Maybe he just really wanted to be the flight lead for a 3-ship non-standard formation of F16s and a cessna!

[Fighting_falcon_51]

Maybe he just really wanted to be the flight lead for a 3-ship non-standard formation of F16s and a cessna!
LOL, not a bad formation.

[Matt Molnar]

Maybe he just really wanted to be the flight lead for a 3-ship non-standard formation of F16s and a cessna!
Turns out he wanted them to shoot him down. Must say, suicide-by-USAF earns you a lot more style points than suicide-by-cop in my book.

[Derf]

HOW THE HELL DID HE FAIL???? Dumoss!!!!

[Matt Molnar]

HOW THE HELL DID HE FAIL????
Study: Depression Hits Losers Hardest (http://www.theonion.com/content/node/29955) [The Onion]

[Derf]

OK, Now I understand....Thanks for the good breakdown :)

(PS. The picture of the looser curled up in the fetal position with the little bear
looks exactly me before I cut my hair!....minus the bear)

[moose135]

You got a hair cut, Fred? No wonder you've been sick this week...

[Planesntrains]

HOW THE HELL DID HE FAIL???? Dumoss!!!!

Apparently he decided to land beneath an overpass and run for coffee. No joke. When they arrested him, he was sitting in an gas station convienice store sipping coffee and waiting for them. :lol:

[Fighting_falcon_51]

Maybe he just really wanted to be the flight lead for a 3-ship non-standard formation of F16s and a cessna!
Turns out he wanted them to shoot him down. Must say, suicide-by-USAF earns you a lot more style points than suicide-by-cop in my book.
How much did the pilots pay him? lol jk

[Nick]

Talk about dissimilar A-2-A! Would have been our first kill in awhile.

[Fighting_falcon_51]

The Air Force would have never shot him down unless it was a threat to national security

[Planesntrains]

The Air Force would have never shot him down unless it was a threat to national security

Well he was definately a threat to national intelligence. Just not the kind the military worries about... :P

[Fighting_falcon_51]

The Air Force would have never shot him down unless it was a threat to national security

Well he was definately a threat to national intelligence. Just not the kind the military worries about... :P
ha, lol.