'Drunk guy steals airplane'

[Simpo Two]

An entertaining ride! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vB3I6grlVS4

[ApOrbital]

Thought that was a stunt?

[Riley Blue]

From what I've seen on YouTube he's done it several times.

[ApOrbital]

And not a pub in sight

[Simpo Two]

ApOrbital said:

Thought that was a stunt?

It is; he's perfectly in control of it. Just nice to see how much wrong control input you can get away with!

[Eric Mc]

"Crazy Flying" has been a feature at airshows for a long time. It usually consists of a lot of "cross control" flying.

I've seen footage of Avro 504s cavorting at Hendon in the 1930s.

Another permutation on the theme is the "stolen aeroplane" routine where an apparently crazy person runs out of the crowd and steals an aircraft that is sitting with its engine idling.