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Re:Man Who Stole Plane Near Seattle Raises Troubling Securit... by stephengillie on Sunday August 12, 2018 @12:39AM (#17742949)
> Surprising it has taken decades for someone to try this.

It last happened 7 years ago. From the article:

> Colton Harris-Moore, nicknamed the Barefoot Bandit, was sentenced in 2011 for stealing small planes, which he had learned to fly himself as a teenager after reading flight manuals.

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Re:Man Who Stole Plane Near Seattle Raises Troubling Securit... by kaybe on Sunday August 12, 2018 @04:16PM (#17746201)
A big difference is probably that now everyone carries a video camera around and we have videos of things like this which go viral more easily.
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Re:Man Who Stole Plane Near Seattle Raises Troubling Securit... by nasredin on Monday August 13, 2018 @06:36AM (#17749161)
This is quiet entertaining:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colton_Harris_Moore

He is a Trump supporter BTW.

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