Message #492149

[charles]

When they dig that slug out of the acft, thats the proof. Now if they just shot at but didnt hit, 9 outa 10 times, the feds will believe the pilot first, investigate n turn the "shooter's" life inside out before the investigation is ovr. 1 of my profesors n flt instructor said  1 time they lost an engine, attempted to make an emergency landing bc the other eng could keep them fully airborne to the first available airport. After they declared an emergency, they started their decent to an open field, the farmer walked n shot at them, they went full power, n got away from the guy, found another field, contacted tower n gave tower the location of the shooting n the guy pled guilty n served time for it. N that was nearly 20yrs ago, the laws r more strict on shooting at acft now, compared to back then. Hell, even shining a pen lazer at an acft is a felony.