Post by Tim Wescott on Mar 29, 2004 9:17:28 GMT -5
PROPELLER HEAD:
When Louis Paul Kadlecek turned 21, he went on a bender,
drinking for four days straight. He was familiar with the Brazoria
County (Texas) Airport, since that's where he performed community
service after "one of his previous arrests". Kadlecek, who has never
flown a plane before, stole one from a hangar and, following
instructions in a pilot's manual, took off. Within a mile he hit
100,000-volt power lines and crashed, but managed to walk home
unharmed. "If stunt pilots tried 1,000 times to do the same thing, they
would have been killed 999 times," says the airport's director.
Kadlecek blamed poor airport security for his actions. "If there had
even been a tall chain link fence with barbed wire on top of it, I
would have just turned around and went on home," he claims. He faces up
to 20 years in prison. (Houston Chronicle) ...Where they will
definitely have a tall chain link fence with barbed wire on top of it.
When Louis Paul Kadlecek turned 21, he went on a bender,
drinking for four days straight. He was familiar with the Brazoria
County (Texas) Airport, since that's where he performed community
service after "one of his previous arrests". Kadlecek, who has never
flown a plane before, stole one from a hangar and, following
instructions in a pilot's manual, took off. Within a mile he hit
100,000-volt power lines and crashed, but managed to walk home
unharmed. "If stunt pilots tried 1,000 times to do the same thing, they
would have been killed 999 times," says the airport's director.
Kadlecek blamed poor airport security for his actions. "If there had
even been a tall chain link fence with barbed wire on top of it, I
would have just turned around and went on home," he claims. He faces up
to 20 years in prison. (Houston Chronicle) ...Where they will
definitely have a tall chain link fence with barbed wire on top of it.
