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A Mooney and his drugs

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DXB Grand Master

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In defense of the pilot, his name (Badlands Justice Rush McNally) pretty much makes it mandatory that he build a vast shadowy criminal enterprise that one day becomes the basis for a popular Netflix series. 

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gsxrpilot Grand Master

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1 hour ago, DXB said:

In defense of the pilot, his name (Badlands Justice Rush McNally) pretty much makes it mandatory that he t build a vast shadowy criminal enterprise that one day becomes the basis for a popular Netflix series. 

Thursdays following the Tiger King on CBS...

Hank Grand Master

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2 hours ago, steingar said:

This whole thing is very problematic.  100 pounds of meth?  That aircraft could have easily hauled a thousand.

Maybe he was expecting the "personal use" exclusion?

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On 3/22/2021 at 5:37 PM, Mark89114 said:

I sent the article to my airplane mechanic and he had a conversation with Mr. Badlands a year ago about buying his twin.  Small world.


Really small world...

The aviation world is not tremendously large.

If it is a Mooney story... someone here will probably know the pilot...

If it is an MSer story... We all will know the pilot...

:)

The cool thing... all the crummy Mooney stories usually happen to the other guys... non MSers...   :)

Best regards,

-a-

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201Steve Mentor

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I’ve seen that guy chime in on the Mooney Pilots Facebook group. I figured it was just a nickname or alias but turns out he had creative parents. 

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201er Grand Master

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On 3/22/2021 at 10:57 AM, steingar said:

This whole thing is very problematic.  100 pounds of meth?  That aircraft could have easily hauled a thousand.

He didn’t want to impose on the weight and balance. Baggage compartment limit 120lbs so there you go.

However, I think he’s in trouble with the FAA for accepting compensation for flight on a private pilot certificate. “McNally said he was paid between $7,000 and $12,000 to make the flights, the affidavit says.”

Hank Grand Master

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6 hours ago, 201er said:

He didn’t want to impose on the weight and balance. Baggage compartment limit 120lbs so there you go.

However, I think he’s in trouble with the FAA for accepting compensation for flight on a private pilot certificate. “McNally said he was paid between $7,000 and $12,000 to make the flights, the affidavit says.”

Busted for not having a 135 certificate!

Hank Grand Master

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26 minutes ago, 1964-M20E said:

Kind of like getting busted for not paying sales taxes to gov't when selling drugs.

I thought that was what Elliott Ness and the G Men got a lot of Chicago gangsters into court on, not paying taxes on bootleg liquor, ladies of the evening and other ill-gotten gains.

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2 hours ago, Hank said:

I thought that was what Elliott Ness and the G Men got a lot of Chicago gangsters into court on, not paying taxes on bootleg liquor, ladies of the evening and other ill-gotten gains.

I think the Feds have a tax stamp for marijuana that you can get but it does tip them off that you are moving product.  At least they can't charge you with not paying the taxes on it.

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13 hours ago, 201er said:

He didn’t want to impose on the weight and balance. Baggage compartment limit 120lbs so there you go.

However, I think he’s in trouble with the FAA for accepting compensation for flight on a private pilot certificate. “McNally said he was paid between $7,000 and $12,000 to make the flights, the affidavit says.”

so this raises an interesting question to me. Would he need the 135 cert if he was producing and selling the meth not just moving it? 

 

So if I make and sell candles and want to take them to a trade show in another state do I need a 135 cert or even a CPL?  Or can I do that as a PPL since its my business and my product and flying is purely incidental to the movement of the candles? 

 

- Just a PPL, not a drug dealer ;)

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Just now, chriscalandro said:

Was the meth trip incidental coincidental, or planned.

 

If he was paid specifically fly that is different than being paid to move the meth and choosing to do it in the airplane.

I guess this is the focus of my question. 

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On 3/24/2021 at 12:52 PM, chriscalandro said:

Was the meth trip incidental coincidental, or planned.

 

If he was paid specifically fly that is different than being paid to move the meth and choosing to do it in the airplane.

Seems like semantics to me. 

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