Suicide by F16?

[Duke{CLR}]

Pilot of Stolen Cessna Wanted U.S. Fighter Jets to Shoot Him Down - ABC News

Yikes, hopefully this guy will get some help. Apparently they evacuated the capitol in Madison.

[Trooper110]

lol, we were just talking about this at work, my teamlead found an article on it. How did I miss this before!?

[Duke{CLR}]

lol, we were just talking about this at work, my teamlead found an article on it. How did I miss this before!?

You must be slipping.

[Skud]

Heh

I didn't work last night, so I'm not sure if they shut down the buses or kept them off the Capitol Square. I bet those F16s I photographed the other day were involved...National Guard base right near the airport. Anyway, what a nutjob...and if he wanted to die, why didn't he just nose dive it after take off?

Oh, duh, I suppose that he would have become a martyr if he were shot down by an F16...his friends and family might have imagined all the great things he was going to do to the US with his cessna.

[Duke{CLR}]

Can you imagine the conspiracy theories that could have been made up if theft shot him down?

[BlackArrow]

My favorite part of this story is after all of this tense flight with F-16's buzzing him.......what does he do?? .......

Berke landed the single-engine Cessna 172 on U.S. Highway 60 in Ellsinore, Mo., at 9:50 p.m. ET. He made his way to a convenience store where a clerk noticed him and called police. He was found drinking Gatorade, seemingly relieved that his ordeal was over.

What?!!? Land on highway, walk to store, buy Gatorade??

[Hammy]

What?!!? Land on highway, walk to store, buy Gatorade??

The sales guy in me is just saying over and over agian "Gatorade got some real mileage today and they didnt even spend a dime."

and the new slogan:

"Gatorade, Great When You Are Thirsty; Even Better When a Pair of F16's are Telling You to 'put it down or we put you down' "

Gatorade "Please Drink Responsibly"

[Rand{CLR}]

Hey, don't forget that Dude wanted some beef jerky too, but didn't have enough cash on him.

-Rand

[jaspurr]

Hey, don't forget that Dude wanted some beef jerky too, but didn't have enough cash on him.

-Rand

He didn't think he needed any for his final destination, the milk and honey is free...cheap skate

[ryanbatc]

Our F16's scrambled for this, as well as the WI ANG 16's

I'm a controller @ Duluth as well.... I was just leaving for home