Plane. I dont think this was the first flight certainly. And the communications back and forth with the tower at one point asking if there were other pilots on the line, asking about what kind of chop he would get into over the mountain areas. This went on for quite a period of time and it did Emso Liseem E air Traffic Controller had some familiarity with them. So as the picture becomes, you know, more and more flushed out, this is someone who was familiar with the airport. You know, you almost are tempted to say it was someone who kind of snapped because he clearly enjoyed the flight, enjoyed the role and loop that he performed, sounded anyway, surprised that he was able to do that loop. That is difficult do especially in a twin Engine Aircraft that is not made do that. And it sheds a lot of light. And many people heard the clip that we just played, but i want to play a bit more of it. Obviously viewers here in the u. S. , many people just waking up again for this plane that was stole
you have to separately qualify, be able to run and taxi the aircraft. and sos as i understand in this case, they had taxied it over to a maintenance parking area. and so once at that point, i mean he had the ability to move the plane, he knows how to taxi the plane. to me it sounded like even from the very early clips when we saw the loop and the turn, it looked like he had some experience flying. but here it is almost like he is experimenting, almost like he is doing a science project and talking to the air traffic controller as he experiments with this aircraft. and clearly hadn t thought the ending through because after the barrel roll or after the loop what he said i thought that would be it, i don t know. to me it just sounds like someone that snapped. yeah, and you mention that mechanics do test these airplanes as they are known to taxi at airports.