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		<title>Looking for Editors</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Fly For Free</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know there are a lot of unprofessional pilot out there that get found. We are looking for Editors  to Add to the site on a regular basis. If you think your up to the Job message us or reply to this post and we will look in to adding you as an editor. if [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I know there are a lot of unprofessional pilot out there that get found. We are looking for Editors  to Add to the site on a regular basis.</p>
<p>If you think your up to the Job message us or reply to this post and we will look in to adding you as an editor.</p>
<p>if you request via this post you must have a valid e-mail on your profile for the Admin to contact you.</p>
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		<title>Mr Michael Hayes AKA MERIT AVIATION LLC</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:45:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Fly For Free</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abuse Of Airline Privileges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bottom Feeders]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please do not use airline privileges to undercut other pilots. Most clients would have to pay to get to the plane on their own. Read your airline privilege agreement. Web Link Source: Barnstormers Archive Of Advertizement: FERRY PILOT &#8211; NO AIRLINE COST • BETTER PRICES!! • BETTER SERVICE • 14000+hrs &#38; 30 years(10 yrs Ferrying) [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Please do not use airline privileges to undercut other pilots. Most clients would have to pay to get to the plane on their own. Read your airline privilege agreement.</p>
<p>Web Link Source: <a href="http://barnstormers.com/classified_626735_FERRY+PILOT+-+NO+AIRLINE+COST.html">Barnstormers</a><br />
Archive Of Advertizement:</p>
<p><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://barnstormers.com/classified_626735_FERRY+PILOT+-+NO+AIRLINE+COST.html"><strong>FERRY PILOT &#8211; NO AIRLINE COST</strong></a> • <span style="color: red;"><strong>BETTER PRICES!! • BETTER SERVICE</strong></span> • </span><span style="color: #ffffff;"> 14000+hrs &amp; 30 years(10 yrs Ferrying) in UltraLt to 4 engine. Fast, safe &amp; efficient. Don&#8217;t overpay! • Contact</span> <a href="http://barnstormers.com/contact_seller.php?to=54278&amp;id=626735&amp;title=FERRY+PILOT+-+NO+AIRLINE+COST&amp;return=%2Fad_manager%2Fmy_ads.php">Michael Hayes</a> &#8211; <a href="http://barnstormers.com/contact_seller.php?to=54278&amp;id=626735&amp;title=FERRY%20PILOT%20-%20NO%20AIRLINE%20COST&amp;return=%2Fad_manager%2Fmy_ads.php">MERIT AVIATION LLC</a> <span style="color: #ffffff;">located Throughout, USA • Telephone: 248-425-3066 • Posted January 24, 2012</span></span></p>
<p>Web Image Of Advertizement<br />
<img class="alignnone" src="http://www.willflyforfree.com//Bad Pilots/Michael Hayes.jpg" alt="" width="529" height="100" /></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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		<title>Mr Steve Purcell</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Fly For Free</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abuse Of Airline Privileges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bottom Feeders]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please do not use airline privileges to undercut other pilots. Most clients would have to pay to get to the plane on their own. Read your airline privilege agreement. &#160; Web Link: Barnstormers Archive Of Advertizement: FERRY PILOT-CFI • AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY • All Singles, Tailwheel, LSA. 20,375 Hrs., Free Airline Travel, Fair Rates, Safe And [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Please do not use airline privileges to undercut other pilots. Most clients would have to pay to get to the plane on their own. Read your airline privilege agreement.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Web Link: <a href="http://barnstormers.com/classified_624653_Ferry+Pilot-CFI.html">Barnstormers</a><br />
Archive Of Advertizement:</p>
<p><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://barnstormers.com/classified_624653_Ferry+Pilot-CFI.html"><strong>FERRY PILOT-CFI</strong></a> • <span style="color: red;"><strong>AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY</strong></span> • </span> <span style="color: #ffffff;">All Singles, Tailwheel, LSA. 20,375 Hrs., Free Airline Travel, Fair Rates, Safe And Reliable. • Contact</span> <a href="http://barnstormers.com/contact_seller.php?to=61175&amp;id=624653&amp;title=Ferry+Pilot-CFI&amp;return=%2Fad_manager%2Fmy_ads.php">Steve Purcell</a>, <span style="color: #ffffff;">Broker &#8211; located Aurora, CO USA • Telephone: 303-693-3872 • Posted January 17, 2012</span></span><br />
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<p>Web Image<br />
<img class="alignnone" src="http://www.willflyforfree.com//Bad Pilots/Steve Purcell.jpg" alt="" width="317" height="60" /></p>
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		<title>Hot Shot Pilot&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Fly For Free</dc:creator>
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		<title>Robert Weaver and Sky Ferry: A Ferry Bad Experience</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:11:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Fly For Free</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Unprofessional Pilot Accidents]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a A Thread on Professional Pilot Rumor Network that has been going on for a few months it is hours of reading about Robert Weaver and Sky Ferry Sky Ferry Facebook Page Robert Weavers Facebook Page ??? Anyone Msg A Mod.. on this page!! Photo Of Robert Weaver &#160; Here is the Link [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here is a A Thread on <a href="http://www.pprune.org">Professional Pilot Rumor Network</a> that has been going on for a few months it is hours of reading about Robert Weaver and <a href="http://www.sky-ferry.com">Sky Ferry</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sky-Ferry-Aircraft-Delivery-LLC/150037135053821">Sky Ferry Facebook Page</a></p>
<p>Robert Weavers Facebook Page ??? Anyone Msg A Mod.. on this page!!</p>
<p>Photo Of Robert Weaver<br />
<img src="http://www.sky-ferry.com/files/cache/be51f2ef24de86b604da4ff8d55d30b2.jpg" alt="" /></p>
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<p>Here is the Link to his page on the Seneca V <a href="http://contractpilot.wordpress.com/2011/09/10/low-cost-ferry-pilot-2/">N344SE Robert Weaver Crashed</a>..</p>
<p>Here is a Quote from the 97+ Page Read.. at <a href="http://www.pprune.org/biz-jets-ag-flying-ga-etc/474005-robert-weaver-sky-ferry-ferry-bad-experience.html">PPRUNE.ORG</a> of just a few people Robert Weaver has ripped off. I am sure more will Surface at later dates. Original Thread 85 Pages Can Be <a href="http://www.pprune.org/biz-jets-ag-flying-ga-etc/474007-ferry-bad-experience.html">Found Here</a>. Trust me it will take hours and hours to read.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;Lest we forget the carnage he has wreaked upon innocents that we are aware of.</p>
<p>Took funds from David Green, failed to deliver, failed to install ferry tank despite being paid in full.<br />
Took funds from Arben Xhema, failed to deliver or refund anything at all.<br />
Took funds to tank a C172 from an Australian customer. Failed to refund.<br />
Deprived poor Kay alley of her GPS unit which she so kindly allowed him to use which could have saved him from a terrible fate<br />
Employed Paul to deliver three aircraft, failed to pay him for any of the jobs and left him to fund fuel and additional expenses from his own pocket<br />
Crashed and trashed a $900000 Seneca V showing the skill of a computer pilot and luckily survived then blatantly lied to the insurance company to cover someone’s hide?<br />
Undertook a brand new warrior to repay a debt to another ferry company. Despite having funds, he departed Bangor only to return 10 minutes later saying the aircraft was using too much oil??<br />
Left almost all of the Goose Bay hotels owing large amounts of money in various names, Robert Weaver, Bob Weaver etc.<br />
Deprived Youssef of almost $25000 failing to deliver his Piper Lance.<br />
The above aircraft made the trip from Las Vegas with a competent pilot all the way to Coventry then Robert Weaver of Sky ferry got his little mitts on it and it hopped across to the Channel Isles. It encountered maintenance issues requiring deep pockets from the owner.<br />
It then after a week, made a short hop with an additional 4 lard arses and reported an emergency and landed in Nantes with a control issue.<br />
Weavers excuse to the owner. The alternator belt snapped and wound around the rudder, The report stated the aircraft autopilot was in the on position when inspected.<br />
Crapped a hedgehog taking a twin otter to Canada and had to be rescued by Paul after getting into a mess in icing conditions. He bailed out on medical reasons and Paul carried on alone.<br />
Took three weeks to get a C208B across after boasting to me that he was in a turbine with a 1000 mile range. JS had to bail him out.<br />
He failed to deliver a tanked C172 which was stuck in Goose Bay for weeks on end.<br />
He took full payment and failed to deliver another C172 where it would seem he ran out of luck by choosing not to refund someone with good connections.<br />
He required significant additional funds to finally deliver a PA31 to Thailand then it transpired he had taken a huge sum of money and failed to pay the company who provided his fuel releases for that trip.<br />
I am sure there are plenty of instances that I cant recall off hand but if some authorities cant make a case out of the above, then it really is a sad case although I am reliably informed, it is only a matter of time.</p>
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<p>Images<br />
<img src="http://www.airport-data.com/images/aircraft/small/179/179413.jpg" alt="http://www.airport-data.com/images/aircraft/small/179/179413.jpg" width="462" height="347" /></p>
<p>Will Update as i get more info.. </p>
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		<title>Pilot Arrested In Connection With Abandoned Pot On Small Plane</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Authorities have arrested a man they suspect was the pilot of a small plane abandoned at a small Southeast Texas airstrip with about 100 pounds of marijuana onboard. A Waller County Sheriff&#8217;s Office statement says deputies and federal Homeland Security agents arrested 33-year-old Barrington Carl Slack late Monday afternoon outside an Italian restaurant in the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Authorities have arrested a man they suspect was the pilot of a small plane abandoned at a small Southeast Texas airstrip with about 100 pounds of marijuana onboard.</p>
<p>A Waller County Sheriff&#8217;s Office statement says deputies and federal Homeland Security agents arrested 33-year-old Barrington Carl Slack late Monday afternoon outside an Italian restaurant in the Houston suburb of Humble.</p>
<p>Slack was booked into the Waller County Jail in Hempstead, about<br />
50 miles northwest of Houston. No bond has been set for the felony<br />
marijuana possession charge. Jail records list no hometown or attorney for Slack.</p>
<p>The twin-engine plane was found abandoned Nov. 21 after landing<br />
and skidding off the runway at Houston Executive Airport in Brookshire in Waller County, about 35 miles west of Houston.</p>
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		<title>Pilot arrested in Mass. after drugs found in plane</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sept. 28, 2011, 12:13 a.m. EDT Associated Press FITCHBURG, Mass. (AP) — Authorities say the pilot of a single-engine plane that landed at Fitchburg Airport has been arrested after 74 pounds of marijuana and $77,000 in cash was found in three duffel bags inside the aircraft. Hoang Nguyen, 31, of Hillsborough, Oregon, was charged Tuesday [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sept. 28, 2011, 12:13 a.m. EDT<br />
Associated Press</p>
<p>FITCHBURG, Mass. (AP) — Authorities say the pilot of a single-engine plane that landed at Fitchburg Airport has been arrested after 74 pounds of marijuana and $77,000 in cash was found in three duffel bags inside the aircraft.</p>
<p>Hoang Nguyen, 31, of Hillsborough, Oregon, was charged Tuesday with trafficking marijuana and booked at the State Police Barracks in Leominster. He is to be arraigned in Fitchburg District Court on Wednesday.</p>
<p>U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents and Homeland Security agents began monitoring the movements of Nguyen&#8217;s aircraft, which had departed from Santa Monica, Calif. Investigators tracked to the plane to Morris County Airport in Grundy, Illinois, and then to Fitchburg Airport.</p>
<p>When the plane landed, a State Police dog then alerted authorities to the presence of a narcotic odor coming from inside the aircraft.</p>
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		<title>Another Pilot&#8230; Lowering Wages For All&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:32:06 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Private Pilot's Ferrying Aircraft Free To Build Flight Time Please Read!!!]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[FREE FERRY PILOT!! • HELP ME • Single-Multi Commercial, complex, high perf. Time in lots of types. No catch! (217) 552-9006 • Contact Joel M. Schneider, Owner &#8211; located Champaign, IL USA • Telephone: 2175529006 . • Posted November 29, 2011]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>FREE FERRY PILOT!! • HELP ME • Single-Multi Commercial, complex, high perf. Time in lots of types. No catch! (217) 552-9006 • Contact Joel M. Schneider, Owner &#8211; located Champaign, IL USA • Telephone: 2175529006 . • Posted November 29, 2011</p>
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		<title>Another Pilot Willing to Fly For Free!! Hurting The Wages Of Hard Working Pilots</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 19:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Be sure to check your ferry pilot out&#8230; You get what you pay for!! FERRY PILOT FOR EXPENSES ONLY! • FREE DELIVERY • Insured commercial pilot will ferry your airplane for expenses only, just love to fly! High perf/complex, SEL. Detailed quotes available within hours, available on short notice. Click my name to the right [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Be sure to check your ferry pilot out&#8230; You get what you pay for!! </p>
<p>FERRY PILOT FOR EXPENSES ONLY! • FREE DELIVERY • Insured commercial pilot will ferry your airplane for expenses only, just love to fly! High perf/complex, SEL. Detailed quotes available within hours, available on short notice. Click my name to the right to email me or call Myles Located in Lafayette, IN 47905 • Contact Myles Kleinfelter, End User &#8211; located Lafayette, IN USA • Telephone: 765-532-5246 . • Posted June 19, 2011</p>
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		<title>Global-Air.com = Bottom Feeder!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2010 21:14:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Fly For Free</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global-Air.com at it again looking for pilots wanting to fly for free&#8230; This company hurts all professional pilots trying to earn a living..]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.global-air.com/global/gferrytrips.htm">Global-Air.com</a> at it again looking for pilots wanting to fly for free&#8230; This company hurts all professional pilots trying to earn a living..</p>
<a rel="attachment wp-att-101" href="http://www.willflyforfree.com/?attachment_id=101">Global-Air.com at it again looking for pilots wanting to fly for free&#8230;<img class="size-full wp-image-101" title="global-air" src="http://www.willflyforfree.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/global-air.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="258" /></a>
<div id="attachment_104" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 610px"><a href="http://www.willflyforfree.com/?attachment_id=104" rel="attachment wp-att-104"><img src="http://www.willflyforfree.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/global-air-2.jpg" alt="" title="global-air-2" width="600" height="77" class="size-full wp-image-104" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">From Barn Stormers.... Same Plane!!!</p></div>
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		<title>Helicopter Pilot Suspended for Filming Porn While Flying</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:20:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Fly For Free</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[San Diego, CA- A helicopter pilot is accused of shooting a pornographic clip while flying over Southern California. David Martz, the pilot, is shown in a video performing sexual acts with a pornstar while flying in the skies. In a video obtained by TMZ.com, porn star Puma Swede is seen topless while buzzing over a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>San Diego, CA- A helicopter pilot is accused of shooting a pornographic clip while flying over Southern California.</p>
<p>David Martz, the pilot, is shown in a video performing sexual acts with a pornstar while flying in the skies. In a video obtained by TMZ.com, porn star Puma Swede is seen topless while buzzing over a California highway.</p>
<p>Martz is also under investigation for allegedly flying rocker Tommy Lee while intoxicated and flying dangerously close to a Los Angeles Police chopper.</p>
<p>The FAA confirmed that they had suspended his license and has disciplined Martz four times for flying recklessly.</p>
<p>If anyone has the unedited video please msg me.. </p>
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		<title>FAA fines pilot with long history of problems</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:16:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[EUGENE, Ore. (AP) &#8211; A Sheridan man who had his pilot&#8217;s license revoked more than a quarter-century ago has been placed on probation and fined $2,000 after admitting to a federal judge that he flew a single-engine plane from Eugene to Independence. Teddy Mayfield, 74, has a long history of defying federal aviation rules. Court [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>EUGENE, Ore. (AP) &#8211; A Sheridan man who had his pilot&#8217;s license revoked more than a quarter-century ago has been placed on probation and fined $2,000 after admitting to a federal judge that he flew a single-engine plane from Eugene to Independence.</p>
<p>Teddy Mayfield, 74, has a long history of defying federal aviation rules.</p>
<p>Court records show Mayfield was sentenced in 1994 to 4½ months in federal prison for repeatedly flying without a license. In 1995, he was sentenced to five months in state prison for criminally negligent homicide in the deaths of two customers of his former skydiving school.</p>
<p>Mayfield rebounded from those lows to become a Sheridan city councilman and Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year.</p>
<p>But he caught the Federal Aviation Administration&#8217;s attention on June 13, 2008, when he departed from the Eugene Airport without communicating with or getting clearance from air traffic controllers.</p>
<p>He initially told investigators another pilot with him was flying the plane, according to a sentencing memo from Assistant U.S. Attorney William &#8220;Bud&#8221; Fitzgerald. The FAA, however, discovered the other pilot had been in Corvallis.</p>
<p>Mayfield, in a recent letter to U.S. District Judge Michael Hogan, said he took full responsibility for the illegal flight: &#8220;I knew better and I should not have done it.&#8221;</p>
<p>Fitzgerald and defense attorney Steven Myers agreed Tuesday that probation, not prison, was a sufficient penalty. Myers noted the gap between the 2008 flight and Mayfield&#8217;s previous aviation-related conviction. He added his client complied with terms of his pretrial release, and has a 35-year history of community service in Sheridan.</p>
<p>Mayfield first had his license to fly revoked while still a student pilot in 1967, for illegally carrying a passenger during a flight. He obtained a commercial pilot&#8217;s license in 1972 and opened Pacific Parachute Center in Sheridan.</p>
<p>The FAA revoked Mayfield&#8217;s license in 1982 for violations that included failing to disclose his criminal history on a prerequisite medical certificate application. Though his license was never reinstated, Mayfield continued to fly despite court orders not to do so, leading to his 1994 federal prison sentence.</p>
<p>That same year, the FAA revoked Mayfield&#8217;s parachute rigger certificate after the agency faulted his failure to properly pack and maintain two parachutes involved in skydiving fatalities. In 1995, he pleaded guilty in Yamhill County Circuit Court to criminally negligent homicide in the deaths of Charles Schaefer, 33, and Lee Perry Sr., 85.</p>
<p>They were among 13 people who died in Pacific Parachute Center jumps. An FAA spokeswoman said in 1994 that most of the deaths occurred after parachutes malfunctioned.</p>
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<p>Information from: The Register-Guard,</p>
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<p>Source: http://www.katu.com/news/weird/82179502.html</p>
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		<title>Baron Thomas Charged With Fraud</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:56:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jan 5, 2010. Barron Thomas Aviation is being called before the Arizona Corporation Commission Securities Division to answer the charge of selling unregistered securities: &#8220;An Arizona investor purchased a $50,000 12% Investment from BT and 3TA on or about March 14, 2005. On April 22, 2005, BT and BTA used the Arizona investor&#8217;s money to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jan 5, 2010. Barron Thomas Aviation is being called before the Arizona Corporation Commission Securities Division to answer the charge of selling unregistered securities:</p>
<p>&#8220;An Arizona investor purchased a $50,000 12% Investment from BT and 3TA on or about March 14, 2005. On April 22, 2005, BT and BTA used the Arizona investor&#8217;s money to repay the prior Texas investor. BT and BTA then caused a new FAA Lien to be effected in favor of the new Arizona investor on the N8194W Airplane.</p>
<p>However, unbeknownst to either the Texas or Arizona investor, the blue and white 48194W Airplane was at all times relevant laying in pieces in an open air storage yard in a severely deteriorated state. The N8194W Airplane is comprised of a separated, dented fuselage with faded paint, no wings, no landing gear and includes other defects.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Looking For A Low Cost Ferry Service? Read This!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:32:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ferry Service Provider: American King Air NTSB Identification: ERA10LA105 14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation Accident occurred Monday, January 04, 2010 in Greenbush, ME Aircraft: CESSNA 172S, registration: N5118J Injuries: 1 Fatal. This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ferry Service Provider: <a href="http://americankingair.com/">American King Air </a></p>
<p>NTSB Identification: <strong>ERA10LA105</strong><br />
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation<br />
Accident occurred Monday, January 04, 2010 in Greenbush, ME<br />
Aircraft: CESSNA 172S, registration: N5118J<br />
Injuries: 1 Fatal.</p>
<p>This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.</p>
<p>On January 4, 2010, at 1153 eastern standard time, a Cessna 172S, N5118J, owned and operated by American King Air Services Inc., was substantially damaged when it impacted the Penobscot River, near Greenbush, Maine. The certificated commercial pilot was killed. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed and an instrument flight rules flight plan was filed for the planned flight to Goose Bay Airport (CYYR), Goose Bay, Newfoundland, Canada. The flight originated from Bangor International Airport (KGBR), Bangor, Maine, about 1130. The ferry flight was conducted under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91.</p>
<p>According to preliminary information from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the operator intended to ultimately deliver the airplane to a customer in Russia. Additional fuel tanks were installed at KBGR for a flight across the Atlantic Ocean. About 25 miles north of KBGR, while in cruise flight at 5,000 feet mean sea level (msl), the pilot requested a higher altitude due to turbulence. Air traffic control (ATC) cleared the flight to 6,000 feet; however, the airplane began to descend. ATC then instructed the pilot to maintain at least 3,000 feet. The pilot replied that he was trying, and ATC subsequently provided the pilot with a vector to divert to Dewitt Field (KOLD), Old Town, Maine. No further transmissions were received from the accident airplane.</p>
<p>Radar data depicted the accident airplane reverse course toward the direction of KOLD and descend. Additionally, a witness reported that the airplane flew overhead about 100 to 200 feet above ground level (agl), with continuous engine noise, until the sound of impact.</p>
<p>The airplane impacted the Penobscot River near Olamon Island, and was subsequently recovered for further examination by an FAA inspector and a representative from the airplane manufacturer.</p>
<p>The reported weather at KBGR, at 1153, was: wind from 330 degrees at 16 knots, gusting to 20 knots; visibility 2 miles in light snow; ceiling 1,500 feet broken; ceiling 2,500 feet overcast; temperature 2 degrees Celsius; dew point –1 degree Celsius; altimeter 29.36 inches of mercury.</p>
<p>Airmen&#8217;s meteorological information (AIRMET) Zulu was in effect for the time of the accident. The AIRMET advised of moderate ice below 13,000 feet with the freezing level ranging between the surface and 2,500 feet.</p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 08:27:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pilots’ ‘Unprofessional Behavior’ Led to CRJ Fatal By: Gordon Gilbert AINalerts &#62;&#62; January 2007 Accidents The NTSB concluded that the “unprofessional behavior” and “poor airmanship” of the pilots caused the Oct. 14, 2004 crash of a Pinnacle Airlines Bombardier CRJ. The two pilots (the only people aboard) were killed. After the pilots took the regional [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pilots’ ‘Unprofessional Behavior’ Led to CRJ Fatal</p>
<p>By: Gordon Gilbert<br />
AINalerts &gt;&gt; January 2007<br />
Accidents<br />
<strong></strong></p>
<p>The NTSB concluded that the “unprofessional behavior” and “poor airmanship” of the pilots caused the Oct. 14, 2004 crash of a Pinnacle Airlines Bombardier CRJ.</p>
<p>The two pilots (the only people aboard) were killed. After the pilots took the regional jet to its maximum operating altitude of 41,000 feet, both engines quit.</p>
<p>The pilots “deviated from standard operating procedures and their poor airmanship resulted in an in-flight emergency from which they were unable to recover. The Board also cited the pilots’ inadequate training and their failure to properly prepare for an emergency landing and to communicate with ATC immediately.</p>
<p>In releasing its probable cause on Tuesday, the Board listed the pilots’ “failure to achieve and maintain the target airspeed in the double-engine-failure checklist, which caused the engine cores to stop rotating and resulted in the core lock engine condition. In addition, the Safety Board said, the flight manual failed to emphasize the importance of maintaining a minimum airspeed to keep the cores rotating.</p>
<p>Source: http://www.ainonline.com</p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This blog is public run by the public and is public opinion&#8230;<br />
Posting Rule # 1<br />
Make sure if listing a Unprofessional Pilot &#8220;A Pilot That Is Working For Free&#8221; On this public blog you must post a link to their advertisement and post a full copy of their advertisement just in case the Unprofessional Pilot deletes their Advertisement. </p>
<p>Posting Rule # 2<br />
No Phone Number&#8217;s, Unless It is Posted In their Public Advertisement.</p>
<p>Posting Rule # 3<br />
You will be required to search the <a href="https://amsrvs.registry.faa.gov/airmeninquiry/">FAA Public Database</a> and post their credentials..</p>
<p>Posting Rule # 4<br />
If you have known networking links to the Unprofessional Pilot <a href="http://www.myspace.com">Myspace.com</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com">Facebook.com</a>, <a href="http://www.twitter.com">Twitter.com</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com">Youtube Profile&#8217;s</a> or any other public networking sites are allowed and encouraged to post such links.</p>
<p>Posting Rule #5<br />
Photos &#038; Embedded Videos Are allowed if the content is publicly accessible. Warrning!!! Any photo/video found to be altered unless done by the Unprofessional Pilot will be deleted by the Admin or Editors and your account will be removed! </p>
<p>Posting Rule #6<br />
Posting Resumes, Again as long as it is posted on a freely accessible public place &#8220;found with a search engine&#8221; it may be posted its usually best and recommended to post a link then the entire resume.  </p>
<p>As far as the information being posted, none of it is to be obtained in any other way except with a search engine, phone call, public website, or through an email.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[AOPA Pilot Magazine December 2008 Volume 51 / Number 12 Pilotage: Will fly for free By Mark R. Twombly Freelance writer and editor Mark R. Twombly is also a contract pilot in Southwest Florida. The letter was addressed to the registered owner of the airplane that I fly for hire. It was refreshingly neat, error [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>AOPA Pilot Magazine</p>
<p>December 2008 Volume 51 / Number 12</p>
<p>Pilotage: Will fly for free</p>
<p>By Mark R. Twombly</p>
<p>Freelance writer and editor Mark R. Twombly is also a contract pilot in Southwest Florida.</p>
<p>The letter was addressed to the registered owner of the airplane that I fly for hire. It was refreshingly neat, error free, and at one page plus résumé, properly brief. The writer explained that he is an entrepreneur and MBA, but he had recently made a dramatic career change to aviation professional. That could mean pilot, first officer, some ground-based position, or a combination of the three, he said. It sounded like he was motivated—the résumé told of a fast-track approach (11 months) to earning the requisite FAA pilot credentials up through a commercial certificate with multiengine and instrument ratings. He had even acquired a bit of experience working with a charter operation, although apparently not as a pilot. However, in terms of the bottom-line qualifications to get paid to fly—total time with solid multiengine experience and, preferably, turbine time—he was still pretty wet behind the ears. Getting more of that precious experience was the reason he was writing.</p>
<p>It was a boilerplate letter that the author apparently was sending to an FAA list of aircraft operators in the area. Despite the shotgun approach, I admired his gumption—that is, until I got to the part where he said he wasn’t interested in getting paid to fly. He openly stated that he had done well in his entrepreneurial life, and therefore he is in a position to work for no compensation.</p>
<p>That did it for me. He wasn’t just willing to fly for free, he was pitching himself as a permanent nonpaid employee. In my mind he did not even rise to the standard of the T-shirt proclaiming that the wearer will “Fly for food.” Based on his letter, he probably can afford to dine out every night. Why fly for food? He compounded the insult by stating the obvious—an operator could reduce aircraft operating costs by hiring him, thus avoiding (eliminating?) a salary.</p>
<p>Good for him that he has done well, but what is not so good is that he is aggressively pursuing a slice of what little flying work there might be these days—not by underbidding pilots who really need the dough, but by blowing them out of contention. I wonder if the people and companies that were paying him big money when he was toiling away at honest entrepreneurial work ever had an opportunity to replace him with someone who begged to work for zero compensation. Too bad this pro bono publico pilot didn’t decide instead to become a Wall Street CEO.</p>
<p>The other evening I had another such encounter of the discouraging kind. I ran into a guy I know whose son is a captain for a major airline. Dad beamed as he told me how his son had just checked out on a business turboprop. I wondered if that meant his son had been laid off. “He hasn’t been furloughed,” he said, reading my thoughts. “He’s just doing it for extra work.”</p>
<p>Extra work? I didn’t know such a thing existed anymore, at least not in aviation. Things are bad enough without pilots who already have great jobs rooting around for the few crumbs that might go to those who really need the work.</p>
<p>Of course, the aviation industry has been written on the backs of pilots who will work for ridiculously low pay because that’s the only way they can fatten up their thin logbooks and qualify for a decent job. It’s always been the case, too, that some high-seniority types with too much time on their hands will spend that time nibbling at other for-hire flying jobs.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, the root cause of both of these problems—pilots who work for free, and well-paid pilots who take part-time flying jobs—is not treatable. It stems from a love of flying. Once smitten, we’re sunk. We’ll do almost anything to stay close to our loved one, even if it means working for free. And, even if we have good work, we want more.</p>
<p>That may be an explanation for the sometimes-irrational behavior of pilots, but it’s hardly an excuse. I don’t know of many professions where people offer to work for free, especially one that requires so much time and money just to earn the basic qualifications and that involves so much potential risk.</p>
<p>I can understand the working pilot who takes on part-time jobs just because he or she is bored with flying the line and likes to fly different stuff. I can understand it, but in an ideal world the many business aviation pilots who are losing their gigs would get that work first.</p>
<p>I do not understand how someone who calls himself a professional can unabashedly offer to work for free. It’s an alarming new take on the lamentable tradition of new entrants to aviation—flight instructors, principally—agreeing to work for less than they are worth just to get the experience.</p>
<p>When I began flying for hire I remember a friend giving me a bit of advice. “I don’t know what you plan to charge,” he said, “but if you lowball your rate you cheapen the profession for everyone. Charge what you are worth. Your clients will get what they pay for.”</p>
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		<title>These Pilots Were Not That Smart&#8230;. Or Professional!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 04:34:53 +0000</pubDate>
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The Story, </p>
<p>Federal agents in California tipped Stow police to an airplane that arrived Friday night at Kent State University&#8217;s airport with $750,000 worth of cocaine aboard. Police cars from four police departments surrounded the plane when it landed. Filo, a police dog from the Kent Police Department, was led around the plane by his handler, Marty Gilliland. A police video showed Filo jumping and scratching the outside of the plane. Video provided by Stow Police Dept. </p>
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		<title>Thank You Mr. Storrer You Should Be Proud To Be The First&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 01:24:04 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Pilot Name: Peter Storrer</p>
<div class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 147px"><img class=" " title="Peter Storrer" src="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/372404_1033226852_1452414449_n.jpg" alt="He Flys For Free!!!" width="137" height="94" /><p class="wp-caption-text">I Fly For Free!!!</p></div>
<p>Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?v=info&amp;ref=search&amp;id=1033226852" target="_blank">Link</a></p>
<p>Myspace: <a href="http://www.myspace.com/petestorrer" target="_blank">Link</a></p>
<p>E-mail: <strong><a href="mailto:peterstorrer@gmail.com">peterstorrer@gmail.com</a></strong></p>
<p>Offending Advertisement: <a href="http://www.controller.com/employment/JobWantedDetails.asp?guid=5C8B33D510F44D5FA4C927483A14DEE8&amp;JobID=611" target="_blank">Posted On Controller.com Classifieds</a></p>
<p>Archive of Contents Of Advertisement:</p>
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<td align="left" width="75"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica;">1/8/2010</span></td>
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<td align="right">Peter Storrer</td>
<td align="right"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica;">Utah, USA</span></td>
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<td colspan="3"><strong>Ferry Pilot: </strong>Commercial SEL,MEL, Inst. CFI will relocate your airplane anywhere in U.S. you pick your price ($0-up)+ expenses i/e you pay incidentals only if you like.</td>
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<p>Certificates:</p>
<p><strong>DOI:</strong>11/21/2008 <strong>Certificate:</strong>COMMERCIAL PILOT<br />
<strong>Rating(s):</strong><br />
<span style="text-decoration: underline;">COMMERCIAL PILOT</span><br />
AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND INSTRUMENT AIRPLANE</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">PRIVATE PRIVILEGES</span><br />
AIRPLANE MULTIENGINE LAND</p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Limits</span></strong><br />
ENGLISH PROFICIENT. AIRPLANE MULTIENGINE VFR ONLY.</p>
<p>Mr. Storrers Comments When Members Of A Well Respected Forum Tried To Help Him And Offer Advice.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not too worried about the supposed black mark. I understand your concern, though. I get at least one of these emails a week. I know the economy is tough right now especially for those in the aviation field. Don&#8217;t worry I haven&#8217;t taken any jobs from you, it is the economy that has made it tough. Hang in there actually I haven&#8217;t ferried very many airplanes in the past 6 months. Reason being it has been hard to get funding. But as things turn around you&#8217;ll see people being more willing to use a professional service such as yours, than use some freebie. So don&#8217;t feel the world is over just yet, In the next election Vote for &#8220;AMERICA&#8221; not some hack politician that has no record or background that we&#8217;re stuck with in a president, and congress today!&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I now know that your in UT and no it couldn&#8217;t be you none of you guys Leith included have as much multi time as I do, You young kids were disrectful in just contacting me and wining about how I steal food from you guys. Leith knows I have my own business and do quite well. Aviation for me is just a hobby. But since you know who and where I am why don&#8217;t you come talk to me as a professional, face to face bring all of your boy friends including Leith as well.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Listen numb skull, I&#8217;m not the 18 yr. old kid you seem to be, I hope I steal every job you and your buddies are after. I could care less, you foolish kids think that the aviation world is so small get out of your kindergarten mindset. I&#8217;m sorry you have no work. If you&#8217;d act a little more mature and quit trying to threaten people such as I who happen to not live their whole lives hoping to land that one pilot job. I&#8217;ll tell you what though, I&#8217;m a forgiving kind of person so when Jeremy decides he needs a job and has sufficient amount of experience, and wants to start acting like a professional instead of a little baby who just graduated from diapers to a headset give me a call I&#8217;ll give you a job! Oh, by the way maybe that guy with the jet across the airport is me, you ever consider that?&#8221;</p>
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