Del Rawlins wrote:

About all that I saw at those sites was a lack of confirmation of the
specific events in the story, but plenty of confirmation that the
story fits in well with Kerry's typical behavior.

Yep...

A Switchboard search shows 100+ listings for a Chris Thomas. To narrow
that down a bit, a FAA registration search shows a Chris Thomas as an
aircraft owner of a Beech 23 in Ohio. There are 4 CHRISTOPHER Thomas's
that own aircraft, they seem to favor 172's 3 to 1 and all live near
water, except for one...