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...apparently wasn't. Bishop flew the single-engine Cessna into a Tampa office building, killing only himself and leaving behind a suicide note declaring support for Osama bin Laden. Bishop had veered menacingly over Tampa's MacDill Air Force Base--from which the Afghan war is being directed--prompting new fears about security at a time when more small, lightly regulated aircraft are filling the skies. Bishop's close friend Emerson Favreau told TIME that days before the crash Bishop asked him how to locate the command center inside MacDill. Investigators think he originally targeted the base...
What's alarming about Bishop's rogue flight is how easily it began: his instructor gave him keys to inspect the Cessna, and the unlicensed pilot took off from St. Petersburg/Clearwater International Airport while the teacher wasn't looking. Robert Cooper, who owns the National Aviation Flight School, where Bishop took lessons, defends the school's role, saying, "This is not an issue of security. It's an issue of trust...
...apparently wasn't. Bishop flew the single-engine Cessna into a Tampa office building, killing only himself and leaving behind a suicide note declaring support for Osama bin Laden. Bishop had veered menacingly over Tampa's MacDill Air Force Base-from which the Afghan war is being directed-prompting new fears about security at a time when more small, lightly regulated aircraft are filling the skies. Bishop's close friend Emerson Favreau told Time that days before the crash Bishop asked him how to locate the command center inside MacDill. Investigators think he originally targeted the base...
...What's alarming about Bishop's rogue flight is how easily it began: his instructor gave him keys to inspect the Cessna, and the unlicensed pilot took off from St. Petersburg/Clearwater International Airport while the teacher wasn't looking. Robert Cooper, who owns the National Aviation Flight School, where Bishop took lessons, defends the school's role, saying, "This is not an issue of security. It's an issue of trust...
When Charles Bishop flew a single-engine Cessna into a 42-story skyscraper on Saturday afternoon, he sparked myriad questions. When investigators found a note expressing sympathy for Osama bin Laden and the September 11th terror attacks, questions turned to demands. How could this have happened...