Persistent Airplane Thief Still At Large

Police in Sonoma, California are looking for a persistent would-be airplane thief who failed to make off with two aircraft on Sunday morning. The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office said that about 9:30 a.m. the man tried to get in a light aircraft that was idling as a mechanic worked on it. The mechanic "kicked the man away" and yelled at him to leave but he was undeterred.


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Very nearly a Darwin award, approaching an idling airplane. Perhaps the thief will get the award next time, hopefully without harming another plane or pilot/owner/mechanic. I wonder what the mechanic was doing while it was running?

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