KFDM COOP Posted October 18, 2007 Report Posted October 18, 2007 Two charged after plane buzzes football crowd SANDUSKY, Ohio (AP) — Diane Mulvin thought her son's football team needed a little inspiration.So she convinced her boyfriend to fly his plane over the Perkins High School stadium just before kickoff, leaving behind a trail of white smoke that drifted over the fans, police said.Some fans said the single-engine plane was flying just 10 to 15 feet above the telephone poles."In this day and age, who thinks this would be a good stunt?" said Perkins Township Police Chief Tim McClung. "It was an unbelievably bad idea."The pilot, Daniel Lake, 52, was charged with inducing panic and Mulvin, 42, was charged with complicity. Both declined to comment.FIND MORE STORIES IN: Federal Aviation Administration | Sandusky According to a police report, Mulvin asked Lake to do a flyover because she thought it "would be something for the kids that was cool to get them going before the game."McClung said Lake flew over the field at an altitude of less than 250 feet, which is against Federal Aviation Administration regulations. The minimum for an outdoor event is 1,000 feet, he said.An FBI agent and an FAA official were among those at the game, police said.School officials said they had no prior knowledge of the flyover.Lake told police the smoke came from environmentally safe smoke oil used in sky writing.The flyover didn't help the home team. Perkins lost to Huron, 27-7.
82 5A State Champs Posted October 18, 2007 Report Posted October 18, 2007 woops......"we'll, that'll just about cover the flyby's!" (Tom Skeritt-Top Gun)
BMTSoulja1 Posted October 18, 2007 Report Posted October 18, 2007 Some folks just love to over-do things. :
tvc184 Posted October 19, 2007 Report Posted October 19, 2007 "Two of your snot nosed jockeys did a flyby on my tower at over four hundred knots! I want somebodies butt! I want it now!
82 5A State Champs Posted October 19, 2007 Report Posted October 19, 2007 "Two of your snot nosed jockeys did a flyby on my tower at over four hundred knots! I want somebodies butt! I want it now! "....I've had it!.....G----mnit, that's twice...I want some butt!" ;D "Geez, I crack myself up!"
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