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Now that it’s over & no one else got physically hurt, I feel confident in calling this the coolest suicide of all time. 
Below the hard deck doesn't count.

Sorry bro.
28 minutes ago, MNLonghornFUKM said:

Dont planes need a tractor to push them back? howd he pull that one off?

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Latest developments

Airline and Seattle airport officials revealed the following at a news conference Saturday:
-- The employee worked for Horizon Air -- and was credentialed to be in secure areas at the airport -- for three and a half years, said Brad Tilden, CEO of Alaska Air Group, which owns Horizon Air.
-- He passed a series of background checks to gain his position, as he didn't have any criminal convictions.
-- Airline officials believe the worker was in uniform and worked a shift Friday, Tilden said.
-- The plane had been parked in a maintenance area and was not scheduled for a passenger flight, Tilden said.
-- The worker had no purpose to be at that plane Friday evening "other than ... what he did do," Tilden said.
-- Besides his other duties, he was qualified to tow aircraft, said Gary Beck, Horizon Air's president and chief executive officer.
-- While stealing the plane, the worker used "a pushback tractor to rotate the aircraft 180 degrees so he could then taxi the aircraft out onto the active surfaces," said Mike Ehl, the airport's director of operations.
-- Officials don't believe the worker had a pilot's license. But they don't know how we knew to fly the plane, and even starting the plane's engines would have required specialized knowledge, Beck said. "It would be a series of switches and levers ... to start the engine. We don't know how he learned to do that," Beck said.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/11/us/plane-crash-unauthorized-takeoff/index.html

A different time, but I went to high school with a kid who stole airplanes every fucking weekend just to fly around.  I thought he was full of shit till I watched him jump the fence, prep the plane and take off....   I was freaked the fuck out...   he'd fly to Tampa or Jacksonville and just grab another plane home...   did it for 6 months that I know of...and then one day he wasn't in school, and I never saw him again...  /csb

24 minutes ago, Loco said:

A different time, but I went to high school with a kid who stole airplanes every fucking weekend just to fly around.  I thought he was full of shit till I watched him jump the fence, prep the plane and take off....   I was freaked the fuck out...   he'd fly to Tampa or Jacksonville and just grab another plane home...   did it for 6 months that I know of...and then one day he wasn't in school, and I never saw him again...  /csb

Have you ever looked up his name for criminal records or obituary? 

A different time, but I went to high school with a kid who stole airplanes every fucking weekend just to fly around.  I thought he was full of shit till I watched him jump the fence, prep the plane and take off....   I was freaked the fuck out...   he'd fly to Tampa or Jacksonville and just grab another plane home...   did it for 6 months that I know of...and then one day he wasn't in school, and I never saw him again...  /csb


There was a Rolling Stone story about a kid doing that. IIRC, it was in the PNW.
24 minutes ago, CooterBrown said:

 


There was a Rolling Stone story about a kid doing that. IIRC, it was in the PNW.

 

Nope South Florida....  The smartest stupid kid I ever met.  I did some shit, but when he taxied out and took off, I was shook.  He tried to talk me into coming with him, but even young Loco was like "fuck that shit, I'm out"

36 minutes ago, CooterBrown said:

 


There was a Rolling Stone story about a kid doing that. IIRC, it was in the PNW.

 

That was Colton Moore aka The Barefoot Bandit. 

This guy we affectionately called "Trip the Crip"  Because when he showed up to school he was on crutches....  Chris....something  IDK

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Yeah, not him...   Dude was Blond Hair, Blue eyes

1 hour ago, Loco said:

A different time, but I went to high school with a kid who stole airplanes every fucking weekend just to fly around.  I thought he was full of shit till I watched him jump the fence, prep the plane and take off....   I was freaked the fuck out...   he'd fly to Tampa or Jacksonville and just grab another plane home...   did it for 6 months that I know of...and then one day he wasn't in school, and I never saw him again...  /csb

A guy I trained with caught his wife with another man. He drove himself to the local airport, took off in his plane, and was never seen again. Ever. Csb 

The Ferry from Steilacoom only goes to Anderson and Ketron Islands.   It's not like it can make landfall on some deserted island without a boat ramp.
 
As for a previous request...   This was the last picture I took before I moved back to Houston in 2010.   Sitting on the patio of the Grill at the to of the course by the clubhouse.  Was drinking a Manny's Pale Ale and taking in one last sunset over the Olympics.   He crashed a few miles off to the left.
Why the fuck did I move back to Houston?
 
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Manny’s. Fucking hell, I’d forgotten about Manny’s Pale. Damn, I’m getting old as fuck.

On 8/11/2018 at 6:57 AM, LongestHorn said:

Commander of the 62nd at Lewis proposed mid-air capture/recovery of the stolen aircraft with a C-17, but it was deemed too risky.

 

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Hopefully said "Commander of the 62nd at Lewis" has been relieved of duties already.  That sounds like something out of a damn Bugs Bunny cartoon.

Dude flying the plane sounded like Tommy Chong at times....

"Hey I want the coordinates of that orca. You know, the Mama orca with the baby. I wanna see that guy"

 

 

I watch YouTube videos all the time on starting different planes from a cold and dark state. I bet there’s one on a Q400...battery switch on, start the APU, open up bleed air, turn on a starter, at the right N2 open a fuel valve, turn on some hydraulics and generators, lights, etc. Even if he’d never done it before it’s not secret knowledge.

 

Edit: like this

He sounded stoned to me.  RIP crazy luggage tossing dude.  I loved that he used his spotlight to call attention to the minimum wage issue.

Solid contender for wild ass story of the year. 

1 hour ago, Homercles said:

I watch YouTube videos all the time on starting different planes from a cold and dark state. I bet there’s one on a Q400...battery switch on, start the APU, open up bleed air, turn on a starter, at the right N2 open a fuel valve, turn on some hydraulics and generators, lights, etc. Even if he’d never done it before it’s not secret knowledge.

 

Edit: like this

 

Q400 is pretty much the pinnacle of  airline turboprops. It’s probably shockingly easy and automated. Especially if you skip after start checklists and procedures, and just want to start it and get it airborne. 

Edited by Bobby_Batronic

On 8/11/2018 at 12:53 AM, Gil Bang said:

Sticker price is about 30 million.

Hopefully he didn’t decline the insurance. Or used an AMEX

Q400 is pretty much the pinnacle of  airline turboprops. It’s probably shockingly easy and automated. Especially if you skip after start checklists and procedures, and just want to start it and get it airborne. 

 

Someone noted he had flaps extended at TO.

3 hours ago, BottleRocket said:

He sounded stoned to me.  RIP crazy luggage tossing dude.  I loved that he used his spotlight to call attention to the minimum wage issue.

Ironically he worked in Seatac home of the highest minimum wage in the country $15.64

I really want to know if he taxied all the way to an active runway or just used whatever taxiway was in front of him to takeoff.  Finding a usable piece of concrete for a takeoff roll without hitting another plane or going off into the dirt is more impressive than the shitty barrel roll.

I like to think he’s searching for Orcas and the Olympics while doing bad barrel rolls for eternity. 

Looks like he taxied out to 16C and took off, smoking brakes and all.

 

33 minutes ago, Assman said:

I really want to know if he taxied all the way to an active runway or just used whatever taxiway was in front of him to takeoff.  Finding a usable piece of concrete for a takeoff roll without hitting another plane or going off into the dirt is more impressive than the shitty barrel roll.

thats what Im thinking too. The fuck kind of maneuvering did this guy do just to get away from the concourse. and to take off on a runway which Im sure he had no clue was being used for landing or take offs and hit no planes is a godsend. 

Thank god no one was hurt.

But, why be “the guy who stole a plane and crashed it” when you could be “the guy who stole a plane then got turned into confetti by an AMRAAM missile fired from an F-15.”

Edited by HornsOverIthaca

17 minutes ago, HornsOverIthaca said:

Thank god no one was hurt.

But, why be “the guy who stole a plane and crashed it” when you could be “the guy who stole a plane then got turned into confetti by an AMRAAM missile fired from an F-15.”

I think the barrel roll sealed his legacy 

What’s with the smoking brakes...jamming at the pedals on departure and accidentally hitting them? I can’t imagine he’d get anywhere with the parking brake on.

2 hours ago, Assman said:

I really want to know if he taxied all the way to an active runway or just used whatever taxiway was in front of him to takeoff.  Finding a usable piece of concrete for a takeoff roll without hitting another plane or going off into the dirt is more impressive than the shitty barrel roll.

Catch any major airport between pushes and it’s surprisingly easy to get in and out. 

1 hour ago, Gil Bang said:

Counterintuitively, the reason McGee can legally pay less is that its workforce is represented by the International Association of Machinists (IAM).

The ordinance has an exemption that specifically allows a union collective-bargaining agreement to waive the law.

 

The Machinists union did just that in its contract with McGee.

 

3 hours ago, Bobby_Batronic said:

Catch any major airport between pushes and it’s surprisingly easy to get in and out. 

Well yeah, if you're a qualified pilot that knows how and where to taxi. 

If you're familiar enough with an aircraft to get the engines started, it really doesn't take much to get it in the air from that point. Landing the SOB (and surviving) is the tricky part.

31 minutes ago, Assman said:

Well yeah, if you're a qualified pilot that knows how and where to taxi. 

There are only two parallel taxiways at SeaTac heading North, and all of the runways are on the same side of the field. It’s, not like O’Hare. 

Leave the terminal, turn right, and turn left at the end. It isn’t hard. 

And takeoffs from SeaTac are incredibly light between about 8pm and 10:30pm.  

5 hours ago, MNLonghornFUKM said:

How close are you thinking he got to the water in the one video? 50-100 feet?

You can get as close as you want when you don't care about crashing.

with no flying experience, he did some damn impressive maneuvers, something that I'm sure some mid level pilots can't do. Sad waste of talent. 

10 hours ago, Orca of Peace said:

with no flying experience, he did some damn impressive maneuvers, something that I'm sure some mid level pilots can't do. Sad waste of talent. 

NBD...

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20 minutes ago, Lat22 said:

 

I think 'Flight of Icarus' is more appropriate.

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