"Stewart Kissel" wrote in
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http://www.eaa.org/communications/eaanews/advisory.pdf

Went missing two weeks ago, and is being used in an
article by Time in regards to a *possible* connection
to nuclear material being smuggled through Mexico.
Probably is not going to make matters any easier in
regards to the ongoing problem with getting Pawnees
approved for towing

Yeah, heard about this. Odds are probably at least 100/1 that it'll be used
for a drug run rather than terrorism. Hopefully the hopper and spray gear
will be removed from towing models for starters, though I think there are
some dual use tow planes around. 'Secret switches' probably need a 337 in
the logbook. Guess that won't be either very secret or approved. Security
lights at our location would enable possible theft. It's so dark, that
someone trying to be sneaky would walk into things. Flashlights and car
lights would attract more attention to mischief. Night departues are tricky
without lights as the antelopes might be on the runways. I suppose they'll
just have to wear night vision goggles. Electronic security false alarms
would probably result in tickets or neglect. The owner of a soaring
operation also owns a retail outlet in a major metro area. The police
responded 2-3 times one night to his alarm going off. They left a citation
for the repeated false alarms after not finding anything wrong. The next
day he found the safe had been removed through the back wall. The police
didn't even drive around back. He still had to pay the citation.

Frank Whiteley