These are all valid points except that most hanger burglaries are done at night when nobody is around. In the past, most folks would not dream of messing around with someone's aircraft, but today people have become very bold and brazen. Even more dangerous is someone who knows airplanes and how to dismantle them. This was the case in my theft. The thieves that stole my 912 knew exactly what to do and how to do it.
Ralph
--- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Bauer" <rk911@...> wrote:
>
> hangars have electricity so owners should start installing wireless cameras
> in them as well as on the outside. might not stop the thieves but it might
> help to identify them. saw a "reality" show on cable last night...something
> called Airplane Repo. about pilot/repo man teams tracking and reposessing
> airplanes. one segment showed the team just walking around a small airport
> looking into hangars and so forth as they searched for the target plane.
> and all of this was unchallenged by anyone at the airport. now I know this
> program is not really reality and the other folks at the airport could
> clearly see the camera crews, etc. but I suspect that most people at small
> airports do not know the faces of the other legitimate users of that airport
> and thus cannot tell if a stranger belongs or doesn't.. just like a lot of
> us don't know our next door neighbors or neighbors from several houses down
> or across the satreet. you get the point. and when we do see someone that
> doesn't belong or looks out of place we are reluctant to challenge or to
> make a call to the local police. I spent 35-years working public safety and
> spoke with a LOT of people who recalled seeing a stranger lurking around
> their next door neighbor's house but didn't think to call 9-1-1 only to find
> out too late that their neighbors had been burglarized. I recall one
> incident where the bad guys backed up a ryder rental truck and took
> everything that wasn't nailed down. the neighbors thought the family was
> moving. had they hadn't gotten to know those folks they would've known that
> they weren't moving. the point is...get to know your hangar neighbors
> andif you see someone who doesn't look right or like they belong call 9-1-1
> and have the police check them out.
>
>
> '73,
> rich, n9dko
> "Here's a household hint: If you stop dusting you can use your coffee table
> as a message board.
> _______________________
> Burglaries are on the rise here in the Minneapolis area. Just to give you an
> idea, there have been three wedding gift boxes stolen by thieves during
> weddings. It seems people just don't seem to care about others and want to
> spoil their day. There was over $25,500 stolen from our hanger just 2 years
> ago. The 912 engine and avionics were taken off my Kolb Kolbra one night.
> Let's get the word out that this kind of activity is unacceptable and keep
> an eye out for people doing this to our aircraft. If we keep watching, this
> kind of thing will stop.
>
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