The Barefoot Bandit: A Hero?

[RAT900]

I blame Woodrow Wilson

damn globalist he was

[Grampa]

damn globalist he was

damn skippy

[RAT900]

yup a lying League of Nations one-worlder...needed a good beating

[eltristo]

Obviously he doesn't deserve to be idolized.

But dude stole a helicopter.  When you were 17, would you not have been impressed by another teenager stealing a helicopter to evade the police?

[ZLTFUL]

And think of the other "heroes" these kids have as options...

Lindsay Lohan?
Paris Hilton?
Brittany Spears?

The world is a different place than what I grew up in. My hero is my grandfather. So much so that I HAD to be in the unit he served in, in WWII.

[GAAN]

here's the thing about hero's

name a few that aren't sports or movie stars to today's world? hard isn't it!

That's only because most folk confuse the word hero with celebrity


this is my hero; he's in sports

Erden Eruç - http://www.around-n-over.org

[cyrus buelton]

Obviously he doesn't deserve to be idolized.

But dude stole a helicopter.  When you were 17, would you not have been impressed by another teenager stealing a helicopter to evade the police?

Helicopter?

I read he stole planes, now they are adding helicopters?

[redxblack]

I don't want to threadjack, but debating the shortcomings of Woodrow Wilson would be a lot of fun.

[KnightofNi]

while i think it's awesome that he stole more than 1 plane, crashed them all and is still alive, i also think about what it would be like if he stole my airplane. if i saved up enough money to be able to finally buy one and this punkass kid decides he doesn't care enough about other people's property to take mine when he has very little idea of how to operate it, i would want his head.

i guess i admire his gusto and fearlessness, but both him and his mom need to be strung up by their toes.

[Triple J]

But dude stole a helicopter.  When you were 17, would you not have been impressed by another teenager stealing a helicopter to evade the police?

I'm pretty sure he never stole a helicpoter...just a few planes.

Still impressive for a HS kid with no flight training though. I actually thought it was more impressive that he was able to fly from Indiana to the Bahamas.

Still a douche though.

[redxblack]

I think the best thing about this kid is he doesn't wear sandals.

[eltristo]

Helicopter?

I read he stole planes, now they are adding helicopters?

I think I've ben watching too much Magnum - fact and fiction are so hard to distinguish sometimes.   

[cyrus buelton]

while i think it's awesome that he stole more than 1 plane, crashed them all and is still alive, i also think about what it would be like if he stole my airplane. if i saved up enough money to be able to finally buy one and this punkass kid decides he doesn't care enough about other people's property to take mine when he has very little idea of how to operate it, i would want his head.

i guess i admire his gusto and fearlessness, but both him and his mom need to be strung up by their toes.

The parents failed him.

He is just a douchebag. I'd be pissed as well if someone stole my plane.

I'm pretty sure he never stole a helicpoter...just a few planes.

Still impressive for a HS kid with no flight training though. I actually thought it was more impressive that he was able to fly from Indiana to the Bahamas.

Still a douche though.

I hear taking off and flying is pretty easy in a single engine plane. My bestfriend is a few hours short of his license (can't recall which type of flying one as their are several, but he can carry passengers outside of his instructor) and said it isn't too difficult.

You just need a GPS and some coordination in flying the plane.



I didn't know you could fly a little plane from Indiana all the way to the Bahama's.

That's a pretty long flight for a piper/similar plane.......that is...unless he stole a bigger one. I have no clue.

[Triple J]

I don't know the exact plane type, but it was a single engine model.

I know this because his mother (candidate for mother of the year for sure  ) said in an interview that she was upset he stole a single engine model. She said she told him to only steal twin engine models for safety reasons!

[cyrus buelton]

I don't know the exact plane type, but it was a single engine model.

I know this because his mother (candidate for mother of the year for sure  ) said in an interview that she was upset he stole a single engine model. She said she told him to only steal twin engine models for safety reasons!

You can't be serious......................


Wouldn't that make her an accessory to his crime?