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That time a Marine mechanic took a joyride in a stolen A4M

Postby Hooray » Fri Apr 02, 2021 12:00 pm

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How much could a Marine Corps fighter cost? That was probably one of the questions running through 21-year-old Lance Cpl. Howard Foote’s mind as the enlisted flight mechanic climbed into an unarmed A4M Skyhawk in the middle of a July night.

In case you were wondering, the cost is roughly $18 million. Rather, that was the cost back in 1984, when Foote stole one of them from Marine Corps Air Station El Toro. Today, that would be the equivalent of $41 million, adjusted for inflation.

Sentries tried to stop Foote as he taxied the aircraft for takeoff, but they just couldn’t get his attention.
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Re: That time a Marine mechanic took a joyride in a stolen A

Postby The epic chicken » Fri Apr 02, 2021 2:14 pm

hopefully he didn't crash
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Re: That time a Marine mechanic took a joyride in a stolen A

Postby WoodSTokk » Fri Apr 02, 2021 2:50 pm

no problem, he is a flight mechanic. He can repair it.
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