Someone has stolen Jason Hong’s 1958 Cessna Skyhawk plane at least four times, taking the red single-engine plane for a joyride, and then returned it at airports in Southern California. Hong, and police, are baffled as to who, and why?
TIL you can just fly a plane out of an airport and into another without having to talk with any other human being.
I would have thought there would have to be some kind of record, communication with the tower? Flight plan? No? Nothing? Just like taking a car out of a driveway?
They might but they’re communicating with the radio and what identification is going to be checked? A call sign at the most.
They could probably come to an arrangement with the owner to use it for free in trade for maintenance.
Some people just want to see the world turn
Drug operation, spying on someone, private investigator, someone who is trying to avoid being tracked in their own plane? Lots of options. Maybe a spouse checking that their spouse isn’t cheating when they take their own plane out? Correlate the flights with other flights of similar style planes and see if the thief is leaving after another plane consistently.
Guess it doesn’t have a transponder?
