Allen told this story at the 1998 P.R.A. International Fly-In.

It was a woman who chartered the flight. She wanted to sit in the
back to see the sights, and unfold her map. Allen said that he thought
it was strange that she kept giving directions like, "Turn due east at
the river", etc. Not what he expected from your average rubbernecker
on her first sightseeing flight.

I don't remember the whole sequence of events that led up to him
turning around and looking at her, but when he did he was looking down
the barrel of a hand cannon (.44 Magnum IIRC).

He said that he trimmed it to pitch up when he let go of stick, and
wrestled the gun away, and ended up shooting her with it. He got the
aircraft back under control, and landed.

The cops told him later that the woman's plan was to hijack the
aircraft, and have him fly over to the prison where her
boyfriend/husband/shack-up was, and break him out.

That's the basic story, but Allen was a good storyteller, and there
was lot's more to it. I don't know if anyone recorded it though.


Mike

Yeah. I remember it now, she wanted Allen to land in the prison yard
and pick up her husband. I think Allen killed her too.

Do you remember that part Mike? IIRC Allen shot her and killed her.

Bill