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quinner 
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So my neighbor and friend made just about every newspaper in Chicago today, appearantly his son Isaac was late for his tennis lesson and Bob decided that flying him there was the best option, taking off from our lake, his plane is equipped with ski's and he regularly is flying in and out of the lake, anyways he landed on a golf course next to the tennis club and caused quite a stir. BTW, Bob also has a really cool Hydrodyne with a 200hp OB and many of his kid's have skied with the Aquanut's.
Listening to the interview on the link cracked me up, I could totally see Bob thinking "what's the big deal", actually I tend to agree. Newspaper Article Direct Link to Story |
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M3Fan
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Posted: March-04-2008 at 1:00pm |
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That's really funny! What a unique guy!
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nates78ski
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Posted: March-04-2008 at 1:51pm |
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haha that's awesome!!
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Bremsen
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Posted: March-04-2008 at 1:54pm |
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Haha, thats great. Sorry to hear that everyone got so uptight...I agree with him that if it was a ballon or copter noboby would have thought a thing about it. I'm sure he broke some rules, but hopefully the FAA won't revoke his license.
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phatsat67
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Posted: March-04-2008 at 2:09pm |
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I used to think it was cool showing up to school in my dads yellow 70' cuda let alone an air plane haha. Thats stupid. They probably caused more of a stirr with a plane on a flatbed going down the road than just letting him take off from the course. BTW pipers are sweet old planes. I loved to go to the local fly in drve in's at our airport and check the planes out when I was a kid. The snow he landed on didnt belong to anyone ;)
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eric lavine
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Posted: March-04-2008 at 2:18pm |
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sounds like he fits right in, every story reminds of a story, we were in tampa racing boats and i coaxed the helicopter pilot to fly under the tampa bay bridge after we tipped a few, he did and he got in a *************** load of trouble, i havnt seen him since
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RainDog
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Posted: March-04-2008 at 5:48pm |
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Quinner,
What is in that lake water down there? I think you all are a bit touched! -S |
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jbear
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Posted: March-05-2008 at 12:30am |
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I gotta know what is in the water too....your buddy is 65 and has a 14 year old son? Cool.
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quinner
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Posted: March-05-2008 at 12:39am |
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Jbear,
Good too see someone was paying attention! Bob's a thoroughbred, he's got like 8 kids, Isaac is the youngest though. Great family. Steve, You may be on too something there! |
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jbear
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Posted: March-05-2008 at 12:49am |
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At my age CQ you pay attention to such things.
8 kids huh? Must be a busy guy when he ain't gettin' in trouble with the FAA. john |
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"Loud pipes save lives"
AdamT sez "I'm Canadian and a beaver lover myself"... |
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81nautique
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Posted: March-05-2008 at 12:53am |
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Power to him, they're probably just pissed because he doesn't have a membership to the countryclub.
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Morfoot
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Posted: March-05-2008 at 11:13am |
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Practice makes Perfect, Jbear.... I always like to practice!
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Posted: March-05-2008 at 12:14pm |
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Chris, Do you remember when Chicagoland airport was just across Milwaukee ave. from that golf course? I took flying lessons and soloed there way back. No one complained about the planes then!
Reminds me of my first hour up that I thought was going to be a demo flight. My instructor was a WWII vet and I think was a little shell shocked. I found out that when nervous he would stutter. We are coming in on final and he tells me to land the plane! He then starts saying ppppppp-pull back. Well, I thought the struts were going to come through the wings (low wing Piper) and we did bounce quite high! He ended up taking over for me! |
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Riley
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Posted: March-05-2008 at 12:43pm |
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The guy should have just dropped his kid off and taken off, and told his kid to act stupid.
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quinner
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Posted: March-05-2008 at 1:45pm |
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Pete,
Don't remember that Airport, probably before I lived in the North Burbs. You ever think maybe the instructor was fine prior to flying with you?? DOH!! Last night on the news "from the airway to the fairway", looks like Bob just got his 15 Minutes of fame! Now we just need to come up with a good nickname for him?? |
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79nautique
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Posted: March-05-2008 at 2:23pm |
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Landing strip????.... we don't need no stinking landing strip.
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todicus
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Posted: March-05-2008 at 3:12pm |
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79nautique
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Posted: March-05-2008 at 6:04pm |
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guess you don't understand what 15 minutes of fame really means. As Chris all ready posted it was on the local news channels |
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todicus
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Posted: March-05-2008 at 7:38pm |
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Aaahhhh.......... missed that. Sorry
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jbear
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Posted: March-06-2008 at 12:45am |
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Tim that is exactly what I used to tell mrs jbear way back in the day when we were trying to have kids!
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"Loud pipes save lives"
AdamT sez "I'm Canadian and a beaver lover myself"... |
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quinner
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Posted: March-06-2008 at 1:13am |
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So... What do you tell her now?? |
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nates78ski
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Posted: March-06-2008 at 1:43am |
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"Pretty Pretty please.... It's my birthday!!!!" hahah Nate |
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Posted: March-06-2008 at 1:56am |
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Now that's funny...
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jbear
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Posted: March-06-2008 at 2:13am |
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Very close Nate.
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"Loud pipes save lives"
AdamT sez "I'm Canadian and a beaver lover myself"... |
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Posted: March-06-2008 at 9:53pm |
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Did anyone happen to see this plane on the news? I would have had a heart attack if I was on board. Probably should have never tried to land, but kudos to the pilot for getting back in the air.
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Posted: March-07-2008 at 12:59am |
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I know someone who lives in Peoria Illinois who Would do something like this!! I can appreciate this story, the guy has been around there since before the traffic got real bad, so I think they should give him a strike for the "Grandfathered in" Clause!!
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M3Fan
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Posted: April-14-2008 at 4:22pm |
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Anybody know what came of this? Did the guy get busted for landing on the course or what?
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quinner
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Posted: April-15-2008 at 12:39am |
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Hey Joel,
How's the Knuckles? Hope you finished your project! Will try to give you the short version as there is quite a bit to this story. Apparently landing on private property is not illegal, since the Hotel (property owner) was not interested in pressing charges there does not appear to be anything to charge him with. The police had a different take on this and made it into a much larger event in the heat of the moment. To date, other then getting hit with a hefty towing and crane bill, he has not been charged with anything by the FAA or the local authorities. Gotta love it, still laugh every time I think about this story. |
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quinner
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Posted: April-30-2008 at 2:17pm |
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Update in Todays Paper
The city of Lincolnshire did end up charging Bob on Tuesday, reckless conduct and endangering the life or health of a child. What a joke! |
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Posted: April-30-2008 at 5:46pm |
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Chris,
Saw that this morning. Endangering the life of a child is a stretch. Hope everything ends up working out, call up the lady from Crestwood for advice 
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