This story was sent to you by: Gary Melton

For all those pilots - this is on the L.A. Times yesterday morning. What really punctuates this is he's facing jail time for violating a "rarely used section of the state public utilities code.

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Pilot convicted of recklessly operating aircraft for buzzing Santa Monica Pier --------------------

Movie producer David G. Riggs was flying a Soviet-era military jet, accompanied by another jet and a propeller plane pulling a banner for his unfinished film, when he startled beachgoers in 2008.

By Dan Weikel, Los Angeles Times

June 18 2010

A pilot and movie producer who startled beachgoers by buzzing the Santa Monica Pier in a Soviet-era military jet was convicted Thursday of recklessly operating an aircraft. The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-flyby-20100618,0,2075053.story Visit latimes.com at http://www.latimes.com