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<blockquote data-quote="John6185" data-source="post: 3143623" data-attributes="member: 25679"><p>Some decades ago a crew chief on a C-130 managed to take off from a base in England solo and there was some discussion how he managed to pilot the aircraft because it takes more than a pilot (electronics, navigation etc.) He had some experience running up the engines and taxiing in on the pad. Anyway, the story is that he wanted to go back to Virginia. He took off and was over the Atlantic and they scrambled some military jets and they shot him down.</p><p>It was a fairly big story during the Vietnam era, maybe some of you vets on here remember?</p><p>I worked at the OKC VA Hospital some years back and a new employee came in and he said he was a pilot stationed in England. I related the story to him and he remembered, he said, " shot him down." Whether he did or not, the theft of the 130 is true. <a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2018/03/29/what-happened-to-the-air-force-mechanic-who-stole-a-c-130-in-a-drunken-desperate-bid-to-return-home/&ved=2ahUKEwisyoKyoObcAhXjjlQKHdxICZ0QFjAAegQICRAB&usg=AOvVaw0Mc-KlN-zKD-lYYaAURtbl" target="_blank">https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2018/03/29/what-happened-to-the-air-force-mechanic-who-stole-a-c-130-in-a-drunken-desperate-bid-to-return-home/&ved=2ahUKEwisyoKyoObcAhXjjlQKHdxICZ0QFjAAegQICRAB&usg=AOvVaw0Mc-KlN-zKD-lYYaAURtbl</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John6185, post: 3143623, member: 25679"] Some decades ago a crew chief on a C-130 managed to take off from a base in England solo and there was some discussion how he managed to pilot the aircraft because it takes more than a pilot (electronics, navigation etc.) He had some experience running up the engines and taxiing in on the pad. Anyway, the story is that he wanted to go back to Virginia. He took off and was over the Atlantic and they scrambled some military jets and they shot him down. It was a fairly big story during the Vietnam era, maybe some of you vets on here remember? I worked at the OKC VA Hospital some years back and a new employee came in and he said he was a pilot stationed in England. I related the story to him and he remembered, he said, " shot him down." Whether he did or not, the theft of the 130 is true. [URL]https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2018/03/29/what-happened-to-the-air-force-mechanic-who-stole-a-c-130-in-a-drunken-desperate-bid-to-return-home/&ved=2ahUKEwisyoKyoObcAhXjjlQKHdxICZ0QFjAAegQICRAB&usg=AOvVaw0Mc-KlN-zKD-lYYaAURtbl[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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