Har någon någonsin straffats för att sova ett kontrolltorn?

Jo, det finns alltid någon. I januari 1954 hämtade amerikanska TV- och radiopersonligheten Arthur Godfrey över Teterboro kontrolltorn med hans Douglas DC-3 , vilket resulterar i upphävande av hans licens :

In the mid 1950’s, Arthur Godfrey was preparing to take off from Teterboro Airport in his private DC-3. He requested a take off on a runway which was into the wind. The tower refused his request and instructed him to use a runway which had a sizeable crosswind. He complied, but he buzzed the tower, almost running into it. The tower personnel dove for cover and reported him. After a long hassle, Godfrey had his license suspended for six months.

Och han skrev en sång om det .

Senare förlorade du din licens. Om du försöker stunt nu är dina chanser att sluta på en svart sida skrämmande verkliga, som Shaun Lees, en amatörpilot fick reda på :

... (Lees) chartered the helicopter from another airport, landed at Coventry, where his actions effectively closed it down, then flew toward the control tower.

Hovering close to it, he announced over the radio, "you are going to see the very worst of my flying", then started to circle.

Han har skickats till fängelset i tre år, med

... Judge Marten Coates told Shaun Lees, a 41-year-old electrician, what he had done was "practically an act of terrorism".

Inte ett kontrolltorn, men hur är det med pressboxen på en universitets fotbollsstadion ... medan ett spel spelades.

Under University of Florida vs Kentucky fotbollsmatch i november 1985 buzzed en B-25 på fältet.

SUN 11/24/1985 HOUSTON CHRONICLE, Section 3, Page 16, 2 STAR Edition

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - A World War II-era bomber that buzzed a stadium during a university football game was making its final flight before being turned over to Smithsonian Institution, its owner and pilot says.
"It was a perfect day. We had made several passes in the country, and the airplane felt good," John Marshall said.
"It was a last hurrah - the airplane is going to the Smithsonian. She had a good home in Florida, and we wanted to say good-bye."
Marshall, a radiologist who lives in Ocala, could lose his pilot's license and be fined $1,000 for buzzing Florida Field, where 72,000 were attending the Florida-Kentucky game.
The pilot acknowledged that he violated a Federal Aviation Administration regulation that requires planes to maintain a 1,000-foot altitude when flying above a crowd. But he said there was "no malicious intent" involved. The B-25, named "Carol Jean," which appeared in the movie "Catch- 22" as "Luscious Lulu," was received eagerly by officials at the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum.
"We have long been searching for a B-25. We've been purposely holding back to find a good one," said Tim Wooldridge, the museum's aeronautics department chairman.

Redigera nu när jag har mina 2 konton sammanslagna ... Jag var där i matchen. Det var häftigt! Jag låg ner närmare fältet, så jag är inte säker på om de faktiskt kom under stadens kant eller under taklinjen i pressboxen / skyboxen (The Swamp var mycket mindre då). En tidigare medarbetare (nu död i 10 år ...) hävdade att han hade varit i planet som passagerare och att de låg under nivån på pressrutan och faktiskt doppade ner i fältets "skål", men jag tvivlar sanningen av dessa uttalanden.

Förmodligen inte vad du letar efter, men flyglöjtnant Alan Pollock slå upp parlamenten och flög under Tower Bridge i London 1968. Han besökte också ett antal RAF-flygfält på låg nivå och inverterad. Han greps, sätta in en avgift och invaliderades ut ur RAF snarare än domstolskampad