(h/t @TommyGlickson for this new life goal.)
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TIL about this incredible story of a man who stole a plane in the 50s, landed it in front of his favorite bar, and then DID IT AGAIN two years later https://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/04/long-ago-a-pilot-landed-on-an-uptown-street-thats-where-the-bar-was/ …pic.twitter.com/Ksd3Q4mMpJ
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I wonder what (no doubt equally interesting story) prompted the city to pass that law in the first place.
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"Sgt. Harold Behrens, of the Police Aviation Bureau, said the landing was a 100,000-to-one shot—in fact, 'almost impossible'”pic.twitter.com/ihGN5kiQEM
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"Magistrate Edward J. Chapman, who set $5,000 bail 'as a deterrent to other foolish young men who get drunk and fly a plane.'"http://www.check-six.com/Crash_Sites/TommyFitz-Cessna140s-NYC.htm …
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You might also enjoy this storyhttps://taskandpurpose.com/army-private-stolen-huey-shot-white-house-lawn-1974 …
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“Like a maraurder from the skies” is one of the most baller ways a person could be described.
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