Re: DC-3 Pilot in the News


Subject:    Re: DC-3 Pilot in the News
From:    Jeff Pritchard (jeffpritchard@cox.net)
Date:    Sun Nov 15 - 7:22 AM
Amen. Pumper!

On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 7:22 AM, Terry Calloway <terrycalloway@mac.com>wrot
e:

>  For the sake of our good RPA friend Dan, I hope you are referring to the
 police as "dork"s.  Because I assume you have talked to Dan and know what 
really happened and also know the press could never be wrong.
> Pumper
>
>
> On Saturday, November 14, 2009, at 09:39AM, <Jetj01@aol.com> wrote:
> >
>
>   What a dork!
>
>  In a message dated 11/13/2009 6:55:28 P.M. Central Standard Time,
> mdecanio@mac.com writes:
>
>
> Jailed Delta pilot suspended
> Man accused of trying to run over Griffin police with his private plane.
>
> By Megan Matteucci
> The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
> Friday, November 13, 2009
> Delta Air Lines has suspended a pilot while officials investigate charges
> he tried to run over two Griffin police officers with his private plane.
>
> Dan Wayne Gryder, 48, remains in the Spalding County jail, charged with t
wo
> counts of aggravated assault and obstruction. He is being held without bo
nd
> and is scheduled to be arraigned on Friday, the sheriff=99s office 
said.
>
> Gryder, a Delta pilot and private aircraft instructor, was arrested
> Wednesday at the Griffin-Spalding Airport.
>
> ?He is suspended pending the completion into the investigation in t
his
> incident,=9D Delta spokesman Anthony Black said Thursday.
>
> Griffin code enforcement officers were called to the airport Wednesday on
 a
> report of a pilot disrupting the airport. Gryder was driving his car acro
ss
> the runway and taxiway, Griffin Police Investigator Bryan Clanton said.
>
> Police said the suspect gave two officers a fake name. After learning the
> pilot was Gryder, the officers tried to issue citations, police said.
>
> Gryder refused to sign the tickets and boarded his plane, a 1937 DC-3A,
> police said. He started the engine and told one officer that if she moved
,
> he would strike her car, police said.
>
> The officer, who was standing next to the plane, moved out of the way and
> summoned backup.
>
> More Griffin officers and Spalding County deputies flooded the area and
> ordered him to stop, but Gryder continued to taxi down the runway, police
> said.
>
> Gryder got to the end of the runway and tried to take off, but he was out
> of gas. Police arrested Gryder and took him to jail.
>
> Gryder=99s actions disrupted air traffic, prohibiting flights from
> departing or arriving, police said.
>
> ?He essentially shut the airport down for almost 45 minutes,
=9D Clanton
> said. ?His actions created a danger for all of our officers, himsel
f and
> others who lawfully use the airport.=9D
>
>
> Read this topic online here:
>
>
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