Looking Back

[jcramsey]

Welp, @Andy J.'s Pilot thread sent me down a rabbit hole that I either didn't know about, or didn't understand the significance of....

2018 Horizon Air Q400 incident - Wikipedia

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TL: DR Dude with no professional training stole a commercial plane, broke in line on the runway, successfully took off, cruised around for over an hour looking at the sights of the Pacific Northwest, got escorted by some F15's, did a barrel roll, said he was sorry, and nosedived into an island. Hurt noone except himself.

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Fascinating stuff. Should be up there with Killdozer in fame/infamy depending on how you look at it.

Was in the hospital watching this on the news when my son was born. Forgot all about it. Crazy story.

 

[jeepinmatt]

Welp, @Andy J.'s Pilot thread sent me down a rabbit hole that I either didn't know about, or didn't understand the significance of....

2018 Horizon Air Q400 incident - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

TL: DR Dude with no professional training stole a commercial plane, broke in line on the runway, successfully took off, cruised around for over an hour looking at the sights of the Pacific Northwest, got escorted by some F15's, did a barrel roll, said he was sorry, and nosedived into an island. Hurt noone except himself.

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Longer more detailed version:


Fascinating stuff. Should be up there with Killdozer in fame/infamy depending on how you look at it.

Great comment on one of the youtube vids:
"In this era of anger and outrage, where people lash out at society by shooting up schools and concerts, one man just wanted to do a barrel roll. Fly for eternity......"