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By: 14th January 2009 at 09:00 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-E-mail received from missing pilot!
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gjocCPmhqj7ENiUdwTNUWWYvym6AD95M2N301
By: 14th January 2009 at 14:49 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-It shows the media's and public ignorance of general aviation that no one has commented on the fact he happened to have a parachute with him in the Malibu.
How many times do people take chutes in a normal (no aerobatic or warbird) GA aircraft? Never in my experience. That is enough to show that his story of an emergency is a lie. Since he also flies aerobatics, he had access to a chute, something most GA pilots don't have.
As I understand the geography where the plane came down is is very near the Gulf, he was obviously hoping the plane would disappear over water. His radio call about the windshield imploding was probably to make a case for the lack of pressurization and pilot unconsciousness.
What he may not have counted on were the military jets checking on him and seeing the cabin door opened. That would have been hard to explain. Doors of pressurized aircarft just don't pop open, even if the windshield is gone.
Also, no one seems to care that he risked the lives of others in his stunt. There was nothing to keep the pilotless plane from going down in a residential community. For that, I hoipe the authorities charge him with something.
Finally, I hope the planes insurance company gets its money back. I'm sure the plane was not paid for...so someone is out a good deal of cash. The plane was a PT-6 powered Malibu Meridian...that was worth upwards of a million dollars.
Hopefully his last flight wil be a coach seat on Con-air.
By: 30th April 2020 at 17:28 Permalink
-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Schrenker
Missed this story when it first appeared! Here is the up to date conclusion of the court cases and prison sentences. It would appear that the felon is now out of jail and in the public domain.
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By: Flying-A - 14th January 2009 at 04:50
From WXIN-TV, Channel 59 ("Fox 59"), Indianapolis, Indiana: