This is part of a blurb in today's Aero-News Net. Note the last three 
lines:

Aero-News reported on Mallette before, although at the time no one knew 
him by name. Last October, reports came in from Missoula (MT) police that 
an unidentified P-51 Mustang buzzed the crowd and tailgaters just before a 
football game between Montana and Cal Poly at Washington-Grizzly Stadium.

The Missoulian newspaper reports eyewitness accounts identified the 
aircraft as belonging to Eugene Mallette. Earlier this month, the FAA sent 
Mallette notice that his ticket could be pulled for 360 days based on a 
January 4 ruling by the Northwest Mountain Region office of the FAA, based 
in Renton, WA.

In its ruling, the FAA noted Mallette flew his warbird "over a congested 
area... below 1,000 feet of objects on the ground... including, or in the 
vicinity of, a stadium which is part of the University of Montana."

Most damningly, the FAA also claimed Mallette's plane (file photo of type, 
below right) was traveling at speeds greater than 230 mph below 2,500 feet 
within four nautical miles of a primary airport -- and that his actions 
were "careless or reckless, endangering the lives and property of others."

Cool to watch, and no doubt a lot of fun to fly... but also a really bad 
idea if you want to keep your ticket.

What's worse, the FAA ruling also states Mallette pulled the same stunt 
three months before, over St. Cloud, MN. The ruling alleges Mallette 
failed to establish communications with the airport tower in that incident 
-- and that he then proceeded to execute "an unsafe low and fast pass" 
between the tower and a taxiway "at a low altitude and at a rate of speed 
higher than was prudent."


In all, the Missoulian reports Mallette appears to have violated six FAA 
regs between the two incidents.
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