Shots fired

Last night I canceled a flight for a (for me) unique reason: the tower
was warning departing aircraft that FBO personnel had heard several
bursts of gunfire coinciding with departing flights passing over the
neighborhood off rwy 14.

The tower called the police but, as of late last night, no perp's had
been located.
--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

I have a friend who is a cropduster by trade. Every other year they are shot
at. Sometimes are hit. And most often some drunk was taking pot shots at
them.
VL

I have a friend who is a cropduster by trade. Every other year they are shot
at.

It happens. While flying an Air Tractor AT-301 in Georgia, I had some guy shoot
at me from his back porch while I was turning to head back into a field for a
spray run. Interesting.


-John
*You are nothing until you have flown a Douglas, Lockheed, Grumman or North
American*

hmm.. sounds like the airport noise Nazi's are stepping it up...

Dave

Dan Luke wrote:
Last night I canceled a flight for a (for me) unique reason: the tower
was warning departing aircraft that FBO personnel had heard several
bursts of gunfire coinciding with departing flights passing over the
neighborhood off rwy 14.

The tower called the police but, as of late last night, no perp's had
been located.

In article ,
"Dan Luke" wrote:

Last night I canceled a flight for a (for me) unique reason: the tower
was warning departing aircraft that FBO personnel had heard several
bursts of gunfire coinciding with departing flights passing over the
neighborhood off rwy 14.

The tower called the police but, as of late last night, no perp's had
been located.

What airport was it?

The noise Nazis over on alt.activision.noise.pollution are talking about
just such actions. Most of them are fools crazy enough to do just such a
thing!

"Orval Fairbairn" wrote:
What airport was it?

KBFM, Mobile (AL) Downtown.

The noise Nazis over on alt.activision.noise.pollution are talking
about
just such actions. Most of them are fools crazy enough to do just such
a
thing!

That was the first thing that occurred to me, but I doubt it. The
neighborhood is a little too "downscale" for noise nazi's tastes, I
think.
--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

Must be the normal Nazis then.

That was the first thing that occurred to me, but I doubt it. The
neighborhood is a little too "downscale" for noise nazi's tastes, I
think.
--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

"Dan Luke" wrote in message
...

Last night I canceled a flight for a (for me) unique reason: the tower
was warning departing aircraft that FBO personnel had heard several
bursts of gunfire coinciding with departing flights passing over the
neighborhood off rwy 14.


I did a pre-purchase on a 182 a few years back that had had
a bullet hole on the horizontal stabilizer repaired. It'd lived most of its
life in southern CA. I wonder how many other 'shot-up' planes there
are out there?

--
Dr. Tony Cox
Citrus Controls Inc.
e-mail:
http://CitrusControls.com/

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"Tony Cox" wrote:

"Dan Luke" wrote in message
...

Last night I canceled a flight for a (for me) unique reason: the tower
was warning departing aircraft that FBO personnel had heard several
bursts of gunfire coinciding with departing flights passing over the
neighborhood off rwy 14.


I did a pre-purchase on a 182 a few years back that had had
a bullet hole on the horizontal stabilizer repaired. It'd lived most of its
life in southern CA. I wonder how many other 'shot-up' planes there
are out there?

Reid-Hillview, in San Jose, CA has problems every New Years Eve, with
the local Hispanic population liking to fire their guns into the air.
The cops take cover under viaducts from about 11:45 till 12:15AM, as the
place is like Baghdad on the opening night of Desert Storm.

I used to know people who collected bottles full of spent bullets on the
ramp. I also knew a few who had their planes holed from bullets dropping
out of the sky -- including one that penetrated the hangar roof and then
went on through the flap skins of a Cessna L-19.

"Dan Luke" wrote in message
...
Last night I canceled a flight for a (for me) unique reason: the tower
was warning departing aircraft that FBO personnel had heard several
bursts of gunfire coinciding with departing flights passing over the
neighborhood off rwy 14.

The tower called the police but, as of late last night, no perp's had
been located.
--
Dan
C172RG at BFM



Ah the joys of "Devils Night."