And all I ever do is barf
In another sad reminder that sometimes drinking and piloting aircraft don't mix, a Houston, Texas-area man has been charged with about a bazillion different counts after stealing two airplanes from a local airport, "flying" one of them into a set of high-tension powerlines that caused him to crash the stolen bird.
The guy had been celebrating his 21st birthday (alone, I'd wager), and wandered into a local private-plane airport where he'd done some community service work before. He taxied one along the runways before deciding it was too difficult to operate (that might have something to do with the booze, chief), so he returned it to the hangar and took out a little Cessna twin-seater. By reading the owner's manual, he managed to get aloft before hitting the powerlines.
Several witnesses saw the accident - one of them called 911, presumed the pilot was dead, and went golfing. The criminal in question, a Mr. Louis P. Kadlecek, was later IDd by composite sketches from eyewitnesses who actually made an effor to help.
Firstly: If you see an airplane crash into powerlines, then plummet to the ground, what kind of inhuman assclown do you have to be to think "Enh, I've got a tee time?" Shouldn't your first response at least be, "Wow, that freaks me out?" Maybe you could even say, "If I weren't such a yellow-bellied lilly-livered road apple, I'd help?" BUT YOU GO PLAY FREAKING GOLF? I'm sorry, but you're officially a bad person.
Secondly, Mr. Kadlacek had had run-ins with the law before. It's probably just happenstance that where the plane fell was inside prison grounds: the Wayne Scott Prison Unit. He managed to walk to a highway and get home, though. But how was he allowed onto the airfield? You've got this obviously drunken guy with a few cases of beer, and he just waltzes into an area full of conceivable weapons? I remember hearing a story on the news about some folks who commandeered airplanes and used them to great "success" in a terrorist mission. Anyone else remember this? Airport security obviously doesn't.
Next on my notation list is that the guy loaded the plane up with stolen beer. This is actually a kudos to Mr. Kadlacek, since he's obviously got his kleptomania up to an art form.
Enough ranting, though. I have golf to play.
In another sad reminder that sometimes drinking and piloting aircraft don't mix, a Houston, Texas-area man has been charged with about a bazillion different counts after stealing two airplanes from a local airport, "flying" one of them into a set of high-tension powerlines that caused him to crash the stolen bird.
The guy had been celebrating his 21st birthday (alone, I'd wager), and wandered into a local private-plane airport where he'd done some community service work before. He taxied one along the runways before deciding it was too difficult to operate (that might have something to do with the booze, chief), so he returned it to the hangar and took out a little Cessna twin-seater. By reading the owner's manual, he managed to get aloft before hitting the powerlines.
Several witnesses saw the accident - one of them called 911, presumed the pilot was dead, and went golfing. The criminal in question, a Mr. Louis P. Kadlecek, was later IDd by composite sketches from eyewitnesses who actually made an effor to help.
Firstly: If you see an airplane crash into powerlines, then plummet to the ground, what kind of inhuman assclown do you have to be to think "Enh, I've got a tee time?" Shouldn't your first response at least be, "Wow, that freaks me out?" Maybe you could even say, "If I weren't such a yellow-bellied lilly-livered road apple, I'd help?" BUT YOU GO PLAY FREAKING GOLF? I'm sorry, but you're officially a bad person.
Secondly, Mr. Kadlacek had had run-ins with the law before. It's probably just happenstance that where the plane fell was inside prison grounds: the Wayne Scott Prison Unit. He managed to walk to a highway and get home, though. But how was he allowed onto the airfield? You've got this obviously drunken guy with a few cases of beer, and he just waltzes into an area full of conceivable weapons? I remember hearing a story on the news about some folks who commandeered airplanes and used them to great "success" in a terrorist mission. Anyone else remember this? Airport security obviously doesn't.
Next on my notation list is that the guy loaded the plane up with stolen beer. This is actually a kudos to Mr. Kadlacek, since he's obviously got his kleptomania up to an art form.
Enough ranting, though. I have golf to play.
posted by Brian at 2:27 PM
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