Cirrus stolen in Melbourne
 

Just lifted this from news.com.au


Victorian Police and Civil Aviation Authorities are investigating after a light aircraft was stolen today from a regional airfield to the South East of Melbourne CBD. The 24 year old man from North Dandenong was arrested without incident after he was talked down by Police with the aid of a flying instructor. Acting on a tip-off Police the Victorian Police Tactical Response Group responded only to arrive at the airfield as the aircraft was becoming airborne. Sgt. Shannon of the TRG unit advised News reporters that the 24 year old at the controls of the aircraft “had limited flying experience on a coputer based flight simulator.” A spokesperson from the Civil Aviation Authority and Department of Transport were unavailable for comment. The Department of Transportation and Regional Services are responsible for the security of aircraft at at both primary and regional airports.



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Better suited to April 1st ...

Hope he was wearing his ASIC or he'll really be in trouble!

Not only breaches of Aviation Regulations but also people impersonating police.

Can I presume XXX was flying the cirrus?

Too long to wait till April 1st.

The idea was that some of you may have actually gone along with it for the benefit of others!!!

I wasn't driving the Cirrus but I sometimes do drive that one.

They didn't seem to think the piston engine sounded good enough so seem to have dubbed a turbine over the top.

You can watch it at ten . com . au, Rush, latest episode, part 5 of 6 and part 6 of 6 (it spans both parts).

YEP!!

NOT one ASIC in sight......:eek::ugh::=

Not 'authentic' enuf.....:=

Right, I've had enough of this, it's about time flight sim was banned. It's dangerous in the wrong hands :ugh:

Nice piece of product placement....

It was a brief flash past in the show. I don't think everyone will be running in to learn to fly because they saw this on Rush :)


I can see the survey now.....

Where did you find out about Tooradin Flying School?

- Referred by friend
- Industry magazines
- Google / Search engine
- Drive-by
- Saw it on "Rush"

I am not sure why anyone would want their aeroplane used for this sort of nonsense.

Just the sort of thing GA doesn't need on trash TV at the very time Gillard is talking about increasing avaition security and making aviation harder to get into.

In a word.... homo, just like the television show..

I wouldn't read too much into it with this ASIC talk and aviation security. It's a TV show after all, for entertainment purposes. If it was a stolen boat, there would be a similar thread running on a boating forum somewhere.

Didn't notice there was an aircraft on the show, was too busy looking at Jolene Anderson :E

Yeah I saw the show. Nice turbine Cirrus:)

And the idiot didn't know which seat to sit in.:=

I was shocked when the "pilot" was told he only had 2 minutes of fuel left. Guess the 45 minute reserve is not needed any more!! := Paused the recording on the glass display and according to that it had only used 1.7 gals of fuel and had 3:58hrs remaining. Wonder where they got the 2 minutes from. :rolleyes: This was as bad at the B767 landing at Moorabbin. :ugh:

Loving the second photo down - that guy in the pilots uniform looks like he's running after the Cirrus thats just got airborne!

But even the "pilot" spoke rubbish.

So they must have had an actor play a pilot. You'd reckon there'd be enough real pilots around to want to have their 2 minutes of fame.

Apologies if it was a real pilot forced to speak rubbish !!

Nice work XXX,

One of your better ones this one....I notice the cops have nothing in their holsters...but then again that's the Victorian Gov't for you I suppose what with actors equity and union strikes and all that....

As for my survey answer, I first heard of Tooradin Flying School on Pprune..(lol!)

:D
Stiky

Thanks for that. That really means a lot to me :rolleyes:


That's "Licenced" pilot Rioncentu!


Yep! It's the classic "stolen aircraft routine" - been used at airshows for years! There's always a small percentage of crowd members that think that the aircraft really was stolen. I was "head" Aircraft Marshall at Bairnsdale back in 2000 when we ran that routine. I was to run after the Pitts and then mount my petrol powered scooter to chase him down the taxiway. He then takes off on the taxiway and does some crazy stuff. Funny thing about that it that more than 3 years after that airshow, some kid said to me "How about that guy that stole that plane at the Bairnsdale Airshow, what was he thinking?"

At least it fooled someone!

Another good variation of the stolen aircraft routine is to put a passenger in a Pitts (or similar) with a parachute. When the aircraft is stolen and climbs up to a few thousand, it turns upside town and the passenger jumps out, then the aircraft descends out of control and recovers at the last moment. Heart-stopping that one, as the crowd doesn't know there is a passenger in the aircraft as long as he kept his head down.

Sorry XXX, that was abhorrent, I want the 10 minutes and the data that I used to download it back. I will admit that I hate that show though.

j3