Keskidi story... enfin presque
Posté : samedi 02 janv. 2010 17:25
ah, ces pilotes français qui causent un anglais imparfait.... légende urbaine sans doute ?
en voila un à qui il en est arrivé de belles à ce sujet, c'est à Tampa, Floride
French pilot took off from Brooksville despite instructor's advice
A small plane forced down by military jets after it took off from a Brooksville airport on Wednesday afternoon was not stolen and the pilot, a French citizen, broke no laws, authorities said.
The owner and pilot of the Cessna 425, identified as Jean-Claude Courtois, was licensed to operate the aircraft, Hernando County sheriff's spokeswoman Sgt. Donna Black said.
A certified instructor with the pilot suggested he should contact another instructor to improve certain flying skills. The instructor also noted that Courtois shouldn't fly the plane because he didn't speak English and couldn't communicate with anyone on the ground or in the air, Black said.
A translator explained the instructor's suggestion to the pilot, but the pilot became indignant and took off in the plane anyway, Black said.
Courtois was licensed to fly the aircraft, but the instructor was concerned that his training might not be adequate so he notified airport officials in Tampa and Miami, according to a sheriff's office report.
Two F-15 fighter jets were sent about 3:30 p.m. to intercept the plane. The jets, which flew out of a military base at Homestead, were sent because the pilot refused to respond to air traffic controllers, said Air Force Capt. Sharbe Clark with the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD.
The Cessna landed at Everglades Jet Park in Collier County, near the Dade County line, about an hour later.
Clark said the pilot was met by local authorities but didn't know if the person was arrested.
Officials with the Federal Aviation Administration are continuing to investigate the incident.
source : http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/dec/31 ... tary-jets/
http://www2.hernandotoday.com/content/2 ... le-mix-up/
en voila un à qui il en est arrivé de belles à ce sujet, c'est à Tampa, Floride
French pilot took off from Brooksville despite instructor's advice
A small plane forced down by military jets after it took off from a Brooksville airport on Wednesday afternoon was not stolen and the pilot, a French citizen, broke no laws, authorities said.
The owner and pilot of the Cessna 425, identified as Jean-Claude Courtois, was licensed to operate the aircraft, Hernando County sheriff's spokeswoman Sgt. Donna Black said.
A certified instructor with the pilot suggested he should contact another instructor to improve certain flying skills. The instructor also noted that Courtois shouldn't fly the plane because he didn't speak English and couldn't communicate with anyone on the ground or in the air, Black said.
A translator explained the instructor's suggestion to the pilot, but the pilot became indignant and took off in the plane anyway, Black said.
Courtois was licensed to fly the aircraft, but the instructor was concerned that his training might not be adequate so he notified airport officials in Tampa and Miami, according to a sheriff's office report.
Two F-15 fighter jets were sent about 3:30 p.m. to intercept the plane. The jets, which flew out of a military base at Homestead, were sent because the pilot refused to respond to air traffic controllers, said Air Force Capt. Sharbe Clark with the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD.
The Cessna landed at Everglades Jet Park in Collier County, near the Dade County line, about an hour later.
Clark said the pilot was met by local authorities but didn't know if the person was arrested.
Officials with the Federal Aviation Administration are continuing to investigate the incident.
source : http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/dec/31 ... tary-jets/
http://www2.hernandotoday.com/content/2 ... le-mix-up/