Personal Eye In The Sky

Taken from an on line news article, but I've removed the name of the pilot.

Pilot NNNNNNNN was flying his personal plane from North Carolina to his Florida home when he decided to fly over his house and saw something unusual.

"He observed a silver truck with white camper in his driveway and lowered his altitude to get a closer look," the Charlotte County Sheriff's office said in a news release. "He saw a man looking into the windows of his home then attach his red trailer and pull out of his driveway."

NNNNNNNN called the police and then began following the thief in his plane.

The runaway trailer was located by authorities who stopped the robber at a traffic stop. Gary Robert Haines, 59, of Stafford, Va., was arrested and charged with grand theft, police said. By then, NNNNNN had landed his plane and came to the scene to get his trailer back.

Police found a loaded rifle and bullets inside of Haines' pickup truck, the report said.

Haines was taken to Charlotte County jail and released on Monday on $2,500 bond. Authorities are still investigating the theft and the weapons that were found in the pickup.

NNNNN did not respond to request for comment.

On Wednesday, January 2, 2013 9:23:10 AM UTC-5, a wrote:
Taken from an on line news article, but I've removed the name of the pilot.

On 1/2/2013 9:27 AM, wrote:
When I fly, I always circle over my property at least once, for the same reason.

I never do. That's partly because my house is under the pattern for my
local airport so circling there would be antisocial behavior, but mostly
because when I fly...I fly. Too many pilots have been killed by
ground-based distractions and buzzing.

Vaughn

a writes:

NNNNNNNN called the police

Just how do you do this while flying? Does your cellphone work? Maybe,
maybe not. Can someone patch you through on the radio?
--
Here's to our wives and girlfriends...may they never meet!
Groucho Marx

Bug Dout wrote:
a writes:

NNNNNNNN called the police

Just how do you do this while flying? Does your cellphone work? Maybe,
maybe not. Can someone patch you through on the radio?

Cell phones work fine at low altitudes.

The problems start at higher altitudes where the phone sees too many
cell sites at once.

On 03/01/13 08:57, Bug Dout wrote:
a writes:

NNNNNNNN called the police

Just how do you do this while flying? Does your cellphone work? Maybe,
maybe not. Can someone patch you through on the radio?


Cellphones work very well from aircraft!
Or you could get ATC to ring the police

On Jan 2, 11:01*am, Vaughn wrote:
On 1/2/2013 9:27 AM, wrote:

When I fly, I always circle over my property at least once, for the same reason.

I never do. *That's partly because my house is under the pattern for my
local airport so circling there would be antisocial behavior, but mostly
because when I fly...I fly. *Too many pilots have been killed by
ground-based distractions and buzzing.

Vaughn

I usually depart either to the south, or
west, and in the course of intercepting a
radial it's convenient enough for me to tip
a wing left (heading west), or tip right (heading
south) momentarily at 2800 ft. just to do a
quick glimpse. The only "turns about a point"
I'd execute over the house is for showing my
passenger where I live while testing out a
plane. Otherwise, like you, I go where I'm going.

---
Mark

On Jan 2, 4:29*pm, george152 wrote:
On 03/01/13 08:57, Bug Dout wrote:

a writes:

NNNNNNNN called the police

Just how do you do this while flying? Does your cellphone work? Maybe,
maybe not. Can someone patch you through on the radio?

Cellphones work very well from aircraft!

That's true. I keep mine on a moving
map just for back-up.

Or you could get ATC to ring the police

Or call Duncan Doughnuts directly.

---
Mark

On 04/01/13 12:28, Mark IV wrote:
On Jan 2, 4:29 pm, george152 wrote:
On 03/01/13 08:57, Bug Dout wrote:

a writes:

NNNNNNNN called the police

Just how do you do this while flying? Does your cellphone work? Maybe,
maybe not. Can someone patch you through on the radio?

Cellphones work very well from aircraft!

That's true. I keep mine on a moving
map just for back-up.

Or you could get ATC to ring the police

Or call Duncan Doughnuts directly.

Even a non American know what you -really- mean is Dunkin' Donuts.
We were discussing how to call in a crime from an aircraft not how to
load lard

On Thursday, January 3, 2013 8:53:34 PM UTC-5, george wrote:
On 04/01/13 12:28, Mark IV wrote:

On Jan 2, 4:29 pm, george152 wrote:

On 03/01/13 08:57, Bug Dout wrote:



a writes:



NNNNNNNN called the police



Just how do you do this while flying? Does your cellphone work? Maybe,

maybe not. Can someone patch you through on the radio?



Cellphones work very well from aircraft!



That's true. I keep mine on a moving

map just for back-up.



Or you could get ATC to ring the police



Or call Duncan Doughnuts directly.



Even a non American know what you -really- mean is Dunkin' Donuts.

We were discussing how to call in a crime from an aircraft not how to

load lard

I want to take this opportunity
to apologize for my failed attempt
to implement humor into the discussion.
I also want to apologize for my
incorrect spelling of that doughnut
establishment. In my own defense, I
don't eat there and it was merely an
oversight. I hope you can find it in
your heart to forgive me for these
egregious errors. Please know that I
have taken a black magic marker and
notated your name on the wall next to
my computer... "do not attempt humor,
and check spelling of restaurants before
replying". I can only hope that this
remedy will suffice and I will never
make these mistakes again. Please
accept my apology and know that I take
full responsibility for this fiasco.

--
Mark