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Title: How to repossess an airliner
Post by: Lunican on April 01, 2010, 02:20:18 PM
QuoteGrab the Airplane and Go
How to repossess an airliner without getting shot, or thrown in jail, or beat up, or slammed into a wall, or...

“What year did we snatch the president of the Congo’s airplane?” Nick Popovich asks. Outside, chilly rain soaks the pastures of his rolling Indiana country estate. From a pond with a gushing fountain, waterfowl honk faintly.

An assistant rifles through records as Popovich assures me cheerfully, “We're not going back to central Africa soon. There’s still a death warrant out for me.”

Driving to Valparaiso on a two-lane blacktop, I saw only a sign with the name of Popovich’s horse farm. But once I turned off the road, drove up the driveway, and entered this opulent ranch-style residence, I found a global operation ticking with the stealthy clockwork of a CIA front. From these headquarters, Popovich plots to repossess some of the world’s largest aircraft. If you’ve been leasing a $150 million jumbo jet and missed a few payments recently, you might want to glance outside and make sure it’s still there.

Full Article:
http://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/Grab-the-Airplane-and-Go.html?c=y&page=1
Title: Re: How to repossess an airliner
Post by: Sportmotor on April 01, 2010, 06:45:54 PM
That is outstanding. This would be so much fun to do.
Title: Re: How to repossess an airliner
Post by: urbanlibertarian on April 01, 2010, 06:51:16 PM
It's all fun and games until...
Title: Re: How to repossess an airliner
Post by: Sportmotor on April 01, 2010, 07:00:23 PM
I wouldnt be the one to go down trust me  :D

unless I ran out of ammo, but that is hardly likely