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Posted: 8/8/2023 12:13:17 PM EDT
This date pops up on my calendar looking ahead to what I need to do this week. There’s an asterisk on the calendar.
I was listening to the air band to this in real time. Everyone around me knew he wasn’t coming back from the sound of his voice. A sad and broken man who in the end, just wanted to do a barrel roll. Some here just call him a thief. Some call him a hero. Can he be both? Rest in peace Richard “Beebo” Russel.    
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Posted: 8/8/2023 12:15:41 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/8/2023 12:15:56 PM EDT
[#2]
Godspeed, Sky King.
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Posted: 8/8/2023 12:16:17 PM EDT
[#3]
Harambe and him need a place
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Posted: 8/8/2023 12:20:19 PM EDT
[#4]
Godspeed Sky King. Youve taken your place among the stars with Killdozer and Harambe. A free spirit, even in the end.
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Posted: 8/8/2023 12:21:20 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/8/2023 12:25:08 PM EDT
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He did that fucking barrel roll too! |
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Posted: 8/8/2023 12:27:40 PM EDT
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Story?
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Posted: 8/8/2023 12:28:52 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/8/2023 12:36:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Story? Jackass stole a $20 million jet and crashed it. But he did a barrel roll first, so that makes him super cool. 
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Posted: 8/8/2023 12:38:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: He did that fucking barrel roll too! Damn right he did |
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Posted: 8/8/2023 12:40:19 PM EDT
[#11]
 Stealing An Aircraft in Plain Sight | The Case of "Sky King" Beebo Russell |
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Posted: 8/8/2023 12:41:21 PM EDT
[#12]
Fuck that guy.
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Posted: 8/8/2023 12:42:14 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Fuck that guy. Yep. In on this shitshow. Also, in before "dats wut inshurants is fur!" |
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Posted: 8/8/2023 12:43:57 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/8/2023 12:44:03 PM EDT
[#15]
It may only go a page or two.
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Posted: 8/8/2023 12:44:54 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/8/2023 12:47:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yep. In on this shitshow. Also, in before "dats wut inshurants is fur!" Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Fuck that guy. Yep. In on this shitshow. Also, in before "dats wut inshurants is fur!"  Attached File |
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Posted: 8/8/2023 12:48:52 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/8/2023 12:50:59 PM EDT
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I worked for the same company doing the same thing there back in college. I wanted to kill myself too. Worst job I ever had.
Rest in peace, Sky King. You went out with style… |
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Posted: 8/8/2023 12:54:08 PM EDT
[#20]
RIP, Sky King.
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Posted: 8/8/2023 1:16:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Fuck that guy. Nah, nobody hurt. Went out on his own terms. |
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Posted: 8/8/2023 1:23:48 PM EDT
[#22]
Helluva story
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Posted: 8/8/2023 1:26:22 PM EDT
[#23]
This is what happens when the pilot leaves the keys in the plane.
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Posted: 8/8/2023 1:26:30 PM EDT
[#24]
He was objectively a thief. No getting around that.
Nothing about what he did rises to the level of heroism. His actions were self-serving, which is the antithesis of heroism. |
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Posted: 8/8/2023 1:26:31 PM EDT
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Lol found the 2 guys that work for the insurance industry
ETA: 3 guys now |
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Posted: 8/8/2023 1:27:59 PM EDT
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Some kid in Mississippi tried that sometime maybe a year ago. Ended up belly-down in a big beanfield. He lived through the crash landing.
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Posted: 8/8/2023 1:33:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Lol found the 2 guys that work for the insurance industry ETA: 3 guys now I assume I’m number 3? What about my post makes you think that? Because I understand the definitions of theft and heroism? Folks on this forum usually have contempt for people who steal cars. How is what this guy did different? |
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Posted: 8/8/2023 1:37:14 PM EDT
[#28]
Dicks out for Sky King
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Posted: 8/8/2023 1:38:03 PM EDT
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I don't agree with what the kid did but I understand.
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Posted: 8/8/2023 1:40:13 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I assume I'm number 3? What about my post makes you think that? Because I understand the definitions of theft and heroism? Folks on this forum usually have contempt for people who steal cars. How is what this guy did different? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Lol found the 2 guys that work for the insurance industry ETA: 3 guys now I assume I'm number 3? What about my post makes you think that? Because I understand the definitions of theft and heroism? Folks on this forum usually have contempt for people who steal cars. How is what this guy did different? It can safely be assumed that they identify as the guy in Falling Down more than the guy who's jet got stolen. |
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Posted: 8/8/2023 1:40:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Jackass stole a $20 million jet and crashed it. But he did a barrel roll first, so that makes him super cool. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Story? Jackass stole a $20 million jet and crashed it. But he did a barrel roll first, so that makes him super cool. I'll concede that the guy was a jackass, but the plane wasn't a jet, and it wasn't worth $20 million. 
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Posted: 8/8/2023 1:41:22 PM EDT
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...I don't know why I'm adding to this, I know better...
He's more-or-less an anti-hero. Nothing he is doing is right or good. But from his perspective, he's at the end of his rope with nothing left to lose. And people like that should be feared and revered - not for their virtue or greatness, but because only when a person becomes truly desperate and untethered do you really see what a human is capable of... You see bullshit like it in movies and books all the time, but people rarely embody it in reality. |
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Posted: 8/8/2023 1:44:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: This is what happens when the pilot leaves the keys in the plane. No door lock, no keys, spare cockpit key is hidden in the cabin. Battery master APU start, then 1 then 2 |
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Posted: 8/8/2023 1:48:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'll concede that the guy was a jackass, but the plane wasn't a jet, and it wasn't worth $20 million. Are you retarded or something? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Story? Jackass stole a $20 million jet and crashed it. But he did a barrel roll first, so that makes him super cool. I'll concede that the guy was a jackass, but the plane wasn't a jet, and it wasn't worth $20 million. Are you retarded or something? So far what I’m finding on Google is more like $30 million for a new Dash-8 Q400. |
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Posted: 8/8/2023 1:50:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Nobody on arfcom actually has a supermodel wife, a 20 million dollar jet, and a 8 inch.... It can safely be assumed that they identify as the guy in Falling Down more than the guy who's jet got stolen. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Lol found the 2 guys that work for the insurance industry ETA: 3 guys now I assume I'm number 3? What about my post makes you think that? Because I understand the definitions of theft and heroism? Folks on this forum usually have contempt for people who steal cars. How is what this guy did different? It can safely be assumed that they identify as the guy in Falling Down more than the guy who's jet got stolen. Yes, I’ve noticed Marxist concepts like class warfare are popular among the nominally anti-communist GD crowd. |
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Posted: 8/8/2023 1:58:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Nah, nobody hurt. Went out on his own terms. If I stole from you would you say I didn’t hurt anyone? |
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Posted: 8/8/2023 2:00:25 PM EDT
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These threads say more about the romanticizing of futile antisocial gestures and acting out tantrums by chronically frustrated and angry ARFcommers than it does about a suicidally despondent man who chose to commit the theft and intentional destruction of a huge asset out of self pity.
I'm sure the insurance company came out just fine, and that 20 mil was spread out among all its innocent customers. Plus a lil sumpin extra. So, yay? |
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Posted: 8/8/2023 2:34:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Nobody on arfcom actually has a supermodel wife, a 20 million dollar jet, and a 8 inch.... It can safely be assumed that they identify as the guy in Falling Down more than the guy who's jet got stolen. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Lol found the 2 guys that work for the insurance industry ETA: 3 guys now I assume I'm number 3? What about my post makes you think that? Because I understand the definitions of theft and heroism? Folks on this forum usually have contempt for people who steal cars. How is what this guy did different? It can safely be assumed that they identify as the guy in Falling Down more than the guy who's jet got stolen. I'm the Bad Guy? How'd that happen? |
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Posted: 8/8/2023 2:36:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yes, I’ve noticed Marxist concepts like class warfare are popular among the nominally anti-communist GD crowd. Are billionaire generational globalist communists a class you feel you shouldn't rebel against? Not a Marxist concept it's a decency concept... Resistance to luciferian tyrants is loyalty to God |
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Posted: 8/8/2023 2:44:46 PM EDT
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I saw many grown men give him a moment of silence upon his crash. Respect for that it was purported no one but himself had passed or was injured. Rolling stone tabloid tried to claim he had brain damage from playing football and cited that as a potential cause.
Everyone who heard him in real time it was a broken soul. |
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Posted: 8/8/2023 2:46:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: These threads say more about the romanticizing of futile antisocial gestures and acting out tantrums by chronically frustrated and angry ARFcommers than it does about a suicidally despondent man who chose to commit the theft and intentional destruction of a huge asset out of self pity. I'm sure the insurance company came out just fine, and that 20 mil was spread out among all its innocent customers. Plus a lil sumpin extra. So, yay? Rhetorically...how many Arfcommers do you think saw an increase in their insurance rates from this little jaunt? |
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Posted: 8/8/2023 2:47:38 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: ...I don't know why I'm adding to this, I know better... He's more-or-less an anti-hero. Nothing he is doing is right or good. But from his perspective, he's at the end of his rope with nothing left to lose. And people like that should be feared and revered - not for their virtue or greatness, but because only when a person becomes truly desperate and untethered do you really see what a human is capable of... You see bullshit like it in movies and books all the time, but people rarely embody it in reality. This is a very good post and the best explanation I ever read of Sky King. Thank you. |
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Posted: 8/8/2023 2:50:34 PM EDT
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Idolizing a dumbass. It's what the internet does.
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Posted: 8/8/2023 2:53:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: ...I don't know why I'm adding to this, I know better... He's more-or-less an anti-hero. Nothing he is doing is right or good. But from his perspective, he's at the end of his rope with nothing left to lose. And people like that should be feared and revered - not for their virtue or greatness, but because only when a person becomes truly desperate and untethered do you really see what a human is capable of... You see bullshit like it in movies and books all the time, but people rarely embody it in reality. Also throw in a dash of "there but for the grace of God..." |
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Posted: 8/8/2023 2:53:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'll concede that the guy was a jackass, but the plane wasn't a jet, and it wasn't worth $20 million. You're right. The Q400 costs about 32 million... if it's an NG... then it's worth a tick over 33 million. |
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Posted: 8/8/2023 2:57:50 PM EDT
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It Is what happens when a man has had enough. Godspeed Skyking.
 Extended audio: Horizon employee talks with air traffic control in cockpit |
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Posted: 8/8/2023 3:01:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: ...I don't know why I'm adding to this, I know better... He's more-or-less an anti-hero. Nothing he is doing is right or good. But from his perspective, he's at the end of his rope with nothing left to lose. And people like that should be feared and revered - not for their virtue or greatness, but because only when a person becomes truly desperate and untethered do you really see what a human is capable of... You see bullshit like it in movies and books all the time, but people rarely embody it in reality. Vanishing Point, but with a stolen airplane rather than a Dodge. |
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Posted: 8/8/2023 3:02:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Rhetorically...how many Arfcommers do you think saw an increase in their insurance rates from this little jaunt? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: These threads say more about the romanticizing of futile antisocial gestures and acting out tantrums by chronically frustrated and angry ARFcommers than it does about a suicidally despondent man who chose to commit the theft and intentional destruction of a huge asset out of self pity. I'm sure the insurance company came out just fine, and that 20 mil was spread out among all its innocent customers. Plus a lil sumpin extra. So, yay? Rhetorically...how many Arfcommers do you think saw an increase in their insurance rates from this little jaunt? |
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Posted: 8/8/2023 3:06:27 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It Is what happens when a man has had enough. Godspeed Skyking.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DstWZY_eUOcSomehow I bet if someone stole your car and wrapped it around a tree, you'd have other words for them than "Godspeed." |
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Posted: 8/8/2023 3:09:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Jackass stole a $20 million jet and crashed it. But he did a barrel roll first, so that makes him super cool. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Story? Jackass stole a $20 million jet and crashed it. But he did a barrel roll first, so that makes him super cool.  for knowing what a jet is.
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