Originally Posted by
Eutychus
Rather surprised not to have seen this story crop up on here yet:
https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/3...ht-to-bulgaria
The occupants had disappeared from the plane, which landed at a disused airfield, by the time the authorities got there.
This reads like the plot of John Le Carré novel (specifically,
The Honourable Schoolboy - the plane was even misidentified as a Beechcraft at first!).
Is this kind of event common? Is it in effect relatively easy to wander around European airspace anonymously in a light aircraft without being bothered?
I suppose it depends on your definition of being bothered! Being bounced by a couple of fast jets would bother me! But this guy obviously wasn't bothered!