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they found it ditched behind the hangar.” Indications were that it had been pushed while carrying a heavy load, and there were bare footprints beside the tire tracks. That’s when law enforcement began to suspect Harris-Moore, Gardiner said. His Skylane wasn’t found until two days later, near Granite Falls, Washington. The flight may have departed from the taxiway; according to witnesses, “It was firewalled and he barely made it over the top of the trees.” After following an irregular path to Granite Falls, the pilot was lucky to survive the landing. “The only thing that saved his life was that the [seat belt] air bags deployed in the airplane,” Gardiner said. “They figured that he came in at about 110 knots, and there was only 90 feet of marks on the ground.” The landing, on timberland that had been clear-cut, was estimated at 6 or 7 Gs; stumps tore up the fuselage. “It’s a good advertisement for air bags in airplanes, I’ll tell you. “He must have panicked after he landed. The headsets were found about 15 feet away.” Then the thief poured a quart of oil into the cockpit and wiped everything down, apparently trying to destroy fingerprints. Gardiner felt numb after his Skylane was stolen. “You can’t believe it. It doesn’t sink in for a while. You look back at an empty hangar, and say, ‘Wow, it’s gone.’ Then you just have to trust in law enforcement to be able to track them down and find out what happened. When you see the tenacity and the viciousness of the break-in, it sobers you up.” His airplane ultimately was totaled. “It had just a hair over 300 hours on it,” he said. The POH was never found. “I figure that he probably studied that. It has everything from A to Z on how to fly the plane.” Gardiner replaced the Cessna with a 2009 Turbo 182. ••• The day before Miller’s Corvalis was stolen, he’d returned from a trip and asked his mechanic to change the oil. Most of the airport community was aware Harris-Moore might be in the vicinity—several days earlier, a car he reportedly stole in Iowa was found a mile from the field—but Miller did not know. “I wasn’t aware that the kid was in the area. Everyone thought the other one told me.” The thief took a pry bar to the back door of Miller’s hangar. “And he did it to the one adjacent to me. Another neigh-

bor believes he ate some steaks from his refrigerator. We’re pretty sure he was in all the hangars. He was in at least three that we know of. He had to have been hanging out there for several days.” After Miller’s mechanic changed the oil, he locked the fueled airplane—with the keys inside—in Miller’s hangar. “More than anything, [the thief ] recognized the type that would likely have the G1000 in it—I think that’s what he was looking for,” he said. “I think if somebody’s really hell-bent on stealing something—I don’t care what it is— there’s not enough you can do to stop them.” It’s not clear whether Harris-Moore ran out of fuel at the end of his 900nm flight to the Bahamas, Miller said. “We think that he did. The salvage guy thought so too, from looking at the prop. I’m glad he didn’t kill himself—and I’m glad they didn’t have to shoot him when they arrested him.” Harris-Moore was captured July 11 after police shot out the engines of a boat he had stolen. Miller quickly accepted the loss, but panicked about insurance coverage. “I knew it was gone, but didn’t really know if my insurance policy covered theft,” he said. “The very first thing I did was drive back to my office, pull out my policy, and read it. It clearly stated that theft was covered. That was a relief.” Frankly, he wished that the thief took any other asset except the Corvalis. “I don’t know what I’m going to do. I loved that airplane. It’s the first airplane I had that everything worked,” said Miller, who also is co-owner of a Beech King Air 200. “For the time being I’m going to fly that.” He hoped to get back the four Bose headsets, oxygen equipment, and pulse oximeter that were in the Corvalis when it was taken. “They sent me back everything that had no value,” he said, adding that the insurance settlement was “the best of a bad situation. I really, really miss the airplane.” ••• Rivers immediately added an alarm system to his hangar, and installed metal plates over the lock area of the door to prevent its being wedged open. “Even in the hangar, now, I lock the airplane,” he said. “I think the lesson here for me, and others I’ve seen on Orcas Island, is make it harder to get in.” Rivers has realized that Harris-Moore has changed the approach to airport security. “Up until now, I don’t think anybody gave it much thought.”
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2010
Contents
President's Position
Hangar Talk
AOPA Action
Letters
Waypoints
Proficient Pilot
Safety Pilot
License to Learn
Pilot Counsel
Fly Well
Pilot Briefing
Epic Flights: Coastal Maine in Autumn
Could It Happen to You?
GA Serves America: Above the Spill
Great Shot
Crossover Classic Sweepstakes: Landing a Good One
Everything But the Pilot
Responding to a Demand
Wx Watch: Freezing Rain Facts
Frugal Flier: Save Some Gas
Technique: Sit Back and Relax, It’s Going to be A Nice Flight
Never Again
AOPA Aviation Summit
Pilots
Fly By Wire
AOPA Pilot Online
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2010 - Contents
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2010 - 3
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2010 - President's Position
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2010 - Hangar Talk
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2010 - AOPA Action
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2010 - Letters
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2010 - Waypoints
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2010 - Proficient Pilot
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2010 - Safety Pilot
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2010 - License to Learn
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2010 - 33
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2010 - Pilot Counsel
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2010 - Fly Well
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2010 - Pilot Briefing
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2010 - Epic Flights: Coastal Maine in Autumn
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2010 - Could It Happen to You?
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2010 - GA Serves America: Above the Spill
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2010 - Great Shot
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2010 - Crossover Classic Sweepstakes: Landing a Good One
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2010 - 82
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2010 - 86
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2010 - Everything But the Pilot
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2010 - Responding to a Demand
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2010 - 96
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2010 - Wx Watch: Freezing Rain Facts
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2010 - 98
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2010 - 99
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2010 - 100
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2010 - Frugal Flier: Save Some Gas
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2010 - 102
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2010 - 103
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2010 - 104
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2010 - Technique: Sit Back and Relax, It’s Going to be A Nice Flight
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2010 - 106
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2010 - 107
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2010 - Never Again
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2010 - 109
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2010 - 112
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2010 - AOPA Aviation Summit
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2010 - Pilots
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2010 - Fly By Wire
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