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Bad Boy Surrenders Helicopter
A Tulsa pilot's ham-handed attempt to cover his tracks has cost him his helicopter and earned him a two-year ban on flying or even owning an aircraft. William Stokely agreed to a plea deal with federal authorities last week to surrender his Robinson R44 and accept the flight ban after admitting he tried to outwit them by using a piece of electrical tape to change one of the registration marks on his aircraft from a Q to an O. Turns out that his five-cent solution to the fallout from a… (www.avweb.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
FAA regulations state that I and O may not be used in a registration number. http://www.faa.gov/licenses_certificates/aircraft_certification/aircraft_registry/forming_nnumber/
Toby Sharp
What"s to sort out? He broke the law, got caught, got punished. If you did it with your car plates, or drivers license....same results. He learned he has to follow the same rules 99% of the rest of the world follows.
What"s to sort out? He broke the law, got caught, got punished. If you did it with your car plates, or drivers license....same results. He learned he has to follow the same rules 99% of the rest of the world follows.
Toby, I'm in agreement here. Nothing to sort. He got caught
This will one way or another eventually sore itself out.
He's probably one of those Dooms Day Prepers...lol
I understand he got caught, I am just saying that people/pilots like these who seem to do what they want, usually do not being around for long because they end up killing themselves in a crash. Sorry for the confusion. Blue Skies