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this is still the ultimate Hold My Beer moment in history...
Feb 26, 2019, 8:46 AM
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and it's not even close. Link below to detailed story with pictures. Cliff Notes version: In 1956 a drunk guy in a Manhattan bar makes a bet that he can go to NJ and back in a specified amount of time. Walks out the door, goes to NJ, and steals a plane. Lands it on the street, dodging cars, light poles, etc... and taxis it down to the bar. Goes in, collects his bet, and has another beer. He is caught but ends up only paying a fine because the plane's owner doesn't press charges.
Two years later he is drunk in another Manhattan bar, tells his story to someone who calls bullchit. Here we go... walks out the door, steals another plane in NJ, safely lands it on the street... blah blah blah. Ends up doing 6 months in prison this time. His name was Thomas Fitzpatrick and he passed away in 2009. Has a drink named in his honor called Late Night Flight...
Full story: www.check-six.com/Crash_Sites/TommyFitz-Cessna140s-NYC.htm
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Ultimate Lunger trophy should be named in his honor...***
Feb 26, 2019, 8:51 AM
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That was back in the day when...
Feb 26, 2019, 9:53 AM
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toxic masculinity ran rampant. We old guys call it the good ole days.
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Oculus Spirit [97830]
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Wonder what the odds are that today someone could
Feb 26, 2019, 10:02 AM
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pull that off post 9/11.
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Like a lot of things, I'm sure there's no way nowadays...
Feb 26, 2019, 7:16 PM
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sounds like he just like, jumped a fence, grabbed a plane, and took off. What?... were the keys just hanging on a hook, or the owner left them in the plane? LOL. No doubt security is off the chain now. And if you managed to actually "commandeer" a plane, you'd probably have fighters scrambled immediately, I'm guessing. And I doubt now you'd be able to find any street in Manhattan, at any hour, that would allow the landing of a plane. Even back then aviation experts said what he pulled off was a 100,000 to 1, but he did it twice. Drunk on his ###.
No, for many reasons, no way you pull this hellraiser chit off now.
By the way, is that a crime scene chalk outline of the plane on the road? LMAO
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Re: this is still the ultimate Hold My Beer moment in history...
Feb 26, 2019, 9:28 PM
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the amazing part is he didn`t crash it. Stealing an airplane that size is WAY easier than a car if it is an older aircraft with no key, or if you what 2 wires to disconnect to allow the engine to run and how to hand prop it.
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