Essex Pilot gets 17 years
Essex Pilot gets 17 years
Essex pilot Sidney Wright got 17 years (yes 17) for dropping 2 kilos of cocaine and 7 guns from his Cessna near Maningtree, Essex....
Two men jailed after guns and drugs dropped from light aircraft (From Harwich and Manningtree Standard)
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North Essex: Airfield tightens security (From Harwich and Manningtree Standard)
Two men jailed after guns and drugs dropped from light aircraft (From Harwich and Manningtree Standard)
and more here...
North Essex: Airfield tightens security (From Harwich and Manningtree Standard)
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This sort of behaviour doesnt do our cause any good and adds fuel to the arguemnt of anti terrorism legislation against GA and further restrictions on our operations 
These were drug and firearm dealers and deserved all that came to them.
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These were drug and firearm dealers and deserved all that came to them.
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His Cherokee is tucked up in the hangar at Gt. Oakley - a right knackered old piece of crud. It deffo wasn't a Cesspit - I would have noticed! A nasty red and blue paint scheme.
The airfield owner said he thought it was a bit odd that the pilot used to taxi in and out of the hangar under power....
The airfield owner said he thought it was a bit odd that the pilot used to taxi in and out of the hangar under power....
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Has been reported it was a 172, not a Cherokee?
I read about this in the local rag the other day, a damn good show. Unfortunatly this isn't an unheard of event, using GA aircraft for drug runs.
Anyone remember the accident in Kent a few years back when a Cherokee crashed with a lot of dope in the back?
I read about this in the local rag the other day, a damn good show. Unfortunatly this isn't an unheard of event, using GA aircraft for drug runs.
Anyone remember the accident in Kent a few years back when a Cherokee crashed with a lot of dope in the back?
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The key to this is the location - Essex. Surely unthinkable in a more genteel county such as Gloucestershire.
Not sure what an airfield owner can do to check the bona fides of an aircraft owner though. A friend has just gone through a five year battle with the Home Office to allow employers of companies making/carrying industrial explosives to check their staff.
Not sure what an airfield owner can do to check the bona fides of an aircraft owner though. A friend has just gone through a five year battle with the Home Office to allow employers of companies making/carrying industrial explosives to check their staff.
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should hope so . . . . . . .
So he's going to lose his licence
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just an idea . . . . . . . .
despite being solid it could still sustain some fair damage - and make a big hole in the ground at that arrival speed
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No chute apparently, each package was just rolled off the wing root when he turned right; and it was a PA28, not a 172 - I saw it with my own eyes and think that I know the difference!
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MerlinV8Wouldn't a C172 be better for this kind of air-work, keep the parcels on the seat and then just open the window, no wing to get in the way and a better view when S&L 
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Wait
You can't have any Tom Dick or Harry throwing stuff out of any old Aircraft or the Country would be full of people tossing odds and sods out of windows
