On 7 May, 13:04, parri...@yahoo.com wrote:
> On 7 Maj, 12:48, Ned Flanders wrote:
>
>
>
> > ....Kafka is alive and living in Texas....
>
> > British pilot who 'buzzed' Bush ranch to be deported
>
> > By James Macintyre
> > Wednesday, 7 May 2008
>
> > A British amateur pilot on a round-the-world flight faces being
> > deported from the US after he landed near George Bush's ranch in
> > Texas, where he had wanted to thank the President for his earlier
> > rescue by the US Coast Guard.
>
> > Maurice Kirk, 63, who is nicknamed the "Flying Vet", was rescued from
> > sharks in February when his Piper Cub light aircraft went down on the
> > Caribbean leg of his trip.
>
> > Mr Kirk, from south Wales, was arrested on Saturday as he tried to pin
> > a thank-you note to the President's front gate. He was taken in
> > handcuffs to a psychiatric hospital in Austin, the capital of Texas.
>
> > After being released from the unit, he was then arrested for "walking
> > around town aimlessly" with a petrol can. His wife, Kirstie, 48, said
> > he was now being held in a deportation centre after turning down the
> > option of voluntarily returning to the UK.
>
> > Mrs Kirk has been updating a blog devoted to the pilot atwww.kirkflyingv=
et.com.Onit, she wrote: "I was told that he was invited to a restaurant for
>
> > a beer (probably Thursday evening). He said he was outside sitting on
> > a bench with other people, when he was picked up by the police. (This
> > is in line with the information I initially received via the Foreign
> > Office.)
>
> > "Police stated that he had been seen walking around town aimlessly
> > with a gas can. [Mr Kirk] believes that the Secret Service traced him
> > to this location by him using his credit card and the public
> > intoxication charge was used to hold him until the Secret Service
> > arrived." Mrs Kirk, from St Donats, in the Vale of Glamorgan, added:
> > "He was given the opportunity for Secret Service to drive him to the
> > airport for a flight to London, and would not be deported.
>
> > "But he did not want the charges on his record for offences he did not
> > commit. When he refused, they shackled him in hand and ankle cuffs and
> > chains, and took him to the deportation centre in Houston."
>
> > Mrs Kirk =96 who is a vet like her husband =96 added that she was
> > "humbled" by the public's support. "Most have responded warmly to his
> > latest sc. though he has clearly exasperated some people."
>
> But how could a private pilot "buzz" the ranch of the most powerful
> leader in the world?!
> Clearly, the airforce must have received some sort of "stand down"
> order, and no doubt "Kirk's" Super Cub was in fact a disguised
> military aircraft. I'm sure a controlled demolition was involved
> somewhere too.
>
> I've met Maurice a few times - he was our local vet (treated our dogs
> a few times) and a fairly regular face at the Flying Club... nice
> chap,on the whole.
perhaps the 'stand down' was engineered by a Beagle who owed
Maurice....the comp(l)ot thickens |
