Homeless Maryland man steals plane, lands in jail.

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Daredevil Homeless Man Calvin Cox Steals Airplane, Crashes It, Gets Free Room in Jail
CBS News said:
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.
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He's got some mad skillz to be able to land the plane into the jail. If I were him I would have landed it into a 5-star resort. LOL
 
"Lands in jail"... I get it. :clap:

"Daredevil homeless man" would seem to suggest that his daredeviling isn't really very good.
 
Well, I guess the the dream of flight finally got to him.....Maybe if he sharpened his appearence somebody would have offered him a ride along....idk.... just glad nobody got hurt.........If I were him I would have gone for the cessna instead of a taildragger lol:D
 
Back in 1967 at KPHX, a guy stole stole a Cessna 172 following a police chase. The police shot at the aircraft as he was taxiing out and hit/killed the pilot (he slumped over and out of view. The 172 had its power in and got airborne, flying around for a bit on climbout before rolling over and crashing on the field perimeter.
 
MikeD said:
Back in 1967 at KPHX, a guy stole stole a Cessna 172 following a police chase. The police shot at the aircraft as he was taxiing out and hit/killed the pilot (he slumped over and out of view. The 172 had its power in and got airborne, flying around for a bit on climbout before rolling over and crashing on the field perimeter.
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Crazy. Here's the NTSB report, but it was back when they didn't have a lot to say. With the media's current sentiment against GA, I'm sure it would've made the national news if it happened now.
 
MikeD said:
Back in 1967 at KPHX, a guy stole stole a Cessna 172 following a police chase. The police shot at the aircraft as he was taxiing out and hit/killed the pilot (he slumped over and out of view. The 172 had its power in and got airborne, flying around for a bit on climbout before rolling over and crashing on the field perimeter.
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Mike, why was it never like that in old 80's television? :)
 
Since WACO hasn't commented, I guess I would make the observation if he would have flown a tricycle gear airplane, he would have prolly made a clean get away since they are easy to fly.:)

or did he collapse the nose gear??
 
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