Midnight Mike
2009-12-29, 03:47 PM
Daredevil Homeless Man Calvin Cox Steals Airplane, Crashes It, Gets Free Room in Jail
29-December
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/05/22 ... 4217.shtml (http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/05/22/crimesider/entry5034217.shtml)
FREDERICK, Md. (CBS/AP) Calvin Cox, a 51-year-old homeless man trying to take off, ended up grounded, and behind bars instead, when he crashed a stolen single-engine airplane on a municipal airport runway, according to police in Frederick, Md.
Pennington said Cox had lived in a tent in the woods by the airport and somehow become familiar enough with the airport and airplanes that he was able to get inside a hangar and start the aircraft.
He said Cox drove the plane part way up a 3,600-foot runway, then turned the aircraft around and drove it back down the runway and off the pavement.
29-December
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/05/22 ... 4217.shtml (http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/05/22/crimesider/entry5034217.shtml)
FREDERICK, Md. (CBS/AP) Calvin Cox, a 51-year-old homeless man trying to take off, ended up grounded, and behind bars instead, when he crashed a stolen single-engine airplane on a municipal airport runway, according to police in Frederick, Md.
Pennington said Cox had lived in a tent in the woods by the airport and somehow become familiar enough with the airport and airplanes that he was able to get inside a hangar and start the aircraft.
He said Cox drove the plane part way up a 3,600-foot runway, then turned the aircraft around and drove it back down the runway and off the pavement.