14-year-old accused of airplane joy ride

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FORT PAYNE, Ala. - A 14-year-old boy stole a Cessna and went on a late-night joy ride, taking off and landing twice before being arrested, police said.




The teen allegedly took his mother’s van from their home Wednesday night and drove to the airport in Fort Payne about five miles away. He said he then found the key in the unlocked plane, removed the Cessna’s tie-downs, started the engine, and began driving around.

“The next thing he knew he was in the air,” Police Chief David Walker said.

The teen, who police said had never before flown a plane, was in the air for nearly 30 minutes.

Police charged him with theft and took him to a juvenile lockup. The teen was not identified because of his age.

Authorities said the theft raised questions about security.

“We’ve never had a problem before with planes being stolen, so I guess we have been a little lax in our security,” said Larry Noble Cowart, who owns Valley Aviation, which runs the airport and owns the plane.

Cowart said the teen could have entered through the typically unlocked airport gate or climbed a fence.

Fort Payne is a town of 13,000 people located about 80 miles northeast of Birmingham.

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Corey

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I didn't know it was that easy to fly a plane! Maybe I'll go 'borrow' one tonight ;)

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Lucky KID I have always wished to fly a plane without Xperience but that 14 yr old has ....

that 14 yr old should try Formula One then...
 

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Finding a Cessna unguarded and without camera's would be almost impossible, so they probably teamed up.
 

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mann i wish i could fly a plane and land it 2 times , o well back to flight sim 04
 

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Eh, it's not that hard to fly a plane.
I've piloted a Cessna Amphibious Caravan many times. Fun stuff.
 

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nforchange said:
..that 14 yr old should try Formula One then...

LMFAO! that just cracked me up! well mabey he was the kid who crashed the plane near my old school. :innocent:
 

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lol it isn't too hard to fly a plane... push a few buttons flip a couple of switches and just pray that you don't touch anything you shouldn't... otherwise... KAAABOOOOOMMMMMMMMMM
Kind Regards
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Ben Bexton said:
lol it isn't too hard to fly a plane... push a few buttons flip a couple of switches and just pray that you don't touch anything you shouldn't... otherwise... KAAABOOOOOMMMMMMMMMM
Kind Regards
Ben
AHAHAHHAHAHAHHAAHAHAH
Man, that was really funny LOL.
 

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Ben Bexton said:
lol it isn't too hard to fly a plane... push a few buttons flip a couple of switches and just pray that you don't touch anything you shouldn't... otherwise... KAAABOOOOOMMMMMMMMMM
Kind Regards
Ben

Maybe that's what happened to WTC Oo
 

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ademonicbaby said:
Ben Bexton said:
lol it isn't too hard to fly a plane... push a few buttons flip a couple of switches and just pray that you don't touch anything you shouldn't... otherwise... KAAABOOOOOMMMMMMMMMM
Kind Regards
Ben

Maybe that's what happened to WTC Oo

how is that possible? But the kid is a genius... those guys had to go to flying school...
 

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nforchange said:
ademonicbaby said:
Ben Bexton said:
lol it isn't too hard to fly a plane... push a few buttons flip a couple of switches and just pray that you don't touch anything you shouldn't... otherwise... KAAABOOOOOMMMMMMMMMM
Kind Regards
Ben

Maybe that's what happened to WTC Oo

how is that possible? But the kid is a genius... those guys had to go to flying school...

That they wanted to hit the pentagon and they got navigation problems so they flew into the WTC :/
 

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ademonicbaby said:
nforchange said:
ademonicbaby said:
Ben Bexton said:
lol it isn't too hard to fly a plane... push a few buttons flip a couple of switches and just pray that you don't touch anything you shouldn't... otherwise... KAAABOOOOOMMMMMMMMMM
Kind Regards
Ben

Maybe that's what happened to WTC Oo

how is that possible? But the kid is a genius... those guys had to go to flying school...

That they wanted to hit the pentagon and they got navigation problems so they flew into the WTC :/

where did you read that from?
 

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Well it's not that easy. Expecially landings. A general pilots motto is to keep the number of take-offs, equal to the number of landings :)
 

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Admin_Woolie said:
Well it's not that easy. Expecially landings. A general pilots motto is to keep the number of take-offs, equal to the number of landings :)


But, you always take off and land... if not succesfully :D
 

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Flight simulator 2004 can help, lol . I love that game, when i was little i use to want to be a pilot. and yes the main part of flight is takeoffs and landings, if you dont know how to that your not considered a pilot :)
 

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chaganlal1 said:
Flight simulator 2004 can help, lol . I love that game, when i was little i use to want to be a pilot. and yes the main part of flight is takeoffs and landings, if you dont know how to that your not considered a pilot :)
Being someone who has personally flown airplanes, I can safely say that flight simulator is not quite as fun as the real thing :)
 

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lol that was a stupid thing to do! I might do it tonight and crash in mid-air....
 
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