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Jul 12th, 2005 at 9:35am

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I can't believe that some "professionals" do this kind of mistake....

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/07/12/germany.plane/index.html
 
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Reply #1 - Jul 12th, 2005 at 10:15am

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Crazy, why would you risk your career for that  Undecided
 
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Reply #2 - Jul 12th, 2005 at 12:06pm

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geez, some people do EVERYTHING for be famus!
 

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Reply #3 - Jul 12th, 2005 at 12:34pm

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This might not be as unusual as you think. If he'd picked the right aircraft nobody would have been any the wiser.
 

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Reply #4 - Jul 12th, 2005 at 4:37pm

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That's how silly people get killed. I can think of some similar incidents in fast and pointy aeroplanes where people have been...

But Doug's right - in the middle of the Atlantic no one would have known if they'd found the right aircraft...
 
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Reply #5 - Jul 12th, 2005 at 4:41pm

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Quote:
Posted by: Hagar Posted on: Today at 12:34pm
This might not be as unusual as you think. If he'd picked the right aircraft nobody would have been any the wiser. 

Exactly Doug.

Just look at all those shots over at Airliners.net. Do you think they are lucky shots? I doubt it s many are most likely planned without anybody ever knowing.

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Reply #6 - Jul 13th, 2005 at 6:49pm

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I don't care how good a friend or how skilled a pilot... it's just not worth the risk, or the trouble it caused! Stupid...
 

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