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  1. 2009-04-07, 06:50 PM #1
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    Man steals plane from Canadian flight school,stopped by F-16

    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.

    For more Rochester, N.Y. news go to our website www.whec.com.
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  2. 2009-04-07, 07:22 PM #2
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    Re: Man steals plane from Canadian flight school,stopped by F-16

    Maybe he just really wanted to be the flight lead for a 3-ship non-standard formation of F16s and a cessna!
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  3. 2009-04-07, 08:53 PM #3
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    Re: Man steals plane from Canadian flight school,stopped by F-16

    Quote Originally Posted by 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!
    LOL, not a bad formation.
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    Re: Man steals plane from Canadian flight school,stopped by F-16

    Quote Originally Posted by 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!
    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.
    Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem.
    All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them under control.
    I trust you are not in too much distress. —Captain Eric Moody, British Airways Flight 9
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    Re: Man steals plane from Canadian flight school,stopped by F-16

    HOW THE HELL DID HE FAIL???? Dumoss!!!!
    The three most common expressions in aviation are, "Why is it doing that?", "Where are we?" and "Oh Crap".
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    Re: Man steals plane from Canadian flight school,stopped by F-16

    Quote Originally Posted by Derf
    HOW THE HELL DID HE FAIL????
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    Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem.
    All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them under control.
    I trust you are not in too much distress. —Captain Eric Moody, British Airways Flight 9
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  7. 2009-04-08, 10:20 AM #7
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    Re: Man steals plane from Canadian flight school,stopped by F-16

    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)
    The three most common expressions in aviation are, "Why is it doing that?", "Where are we?" and "Oh Crap".
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    Re: Man steals plane from Canadian flight school,stopped by F-16

    You got a hair cut, Fred? No wonder you've been sick this week...
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    Re: Man steals plane from Canadian flight school,stopped by F-16

    Quote Originally Posted by Derf
    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:
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    Re: Man steals plane from Canadian flight school,stopped by F-16

    Quote Originally Posted by GothamSpotter
    Quote Originally Posted by 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!
    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
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    Re: Man steals plane from Canadian flight school,stopped by F-16

    Talk about dissimilar A-2-A! Would have been our first kill in awhile.
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    Re: Man steals plane from Canadian flight school,stopped by F-16

    The Air Force would have never shot him down unless it was a threat to national security
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    Re: Man steals plane from Canadian flight school,stopped by F-16

    Quote Originally Posted by 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
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    Re: Man steals plane from Canadian flight school,stopped by F-16

    Quote Originally Posted by Planesntrains
    Quote Originally Posted by 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.
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