Seems like there have more in the news recently:
https://nypost.com/2019/12/18/teen-...m-california-airport-drives-it-into-building/
https://www.foxnews.com/us/suicidal...-started-with-flick-of-a-switch-officials-say
https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2013/november/27/airplane-thief-sentenced
and of course, the "Barefoot Bandit" who managed to crash at least two
Maybe this is a symptom of the "MicroSoft Flight Sim" availability. At any rate, AOPA recommends at least two means of securing your aircraft. Since the OEM locks are so pathetically easy to defeat, they recommend prop locks (heavy chains with padlocks) or throttle/mixture locks. Of course tie-downs are riskier but some hangar doors aren't that hard to open, too, and afford cover while the bandits work on the other locks.
https://nypost.com/2019/12/18/teen-...m-california-airport-drives-it-into-building/
https://www.foxnews.com/us/suicidal...-started-with-flick-of-a-switch-officials-say
https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2013/november/27/airplane-thief-sentenced
and of course, the "Barefoot Bandit" who managed to crash at least two
Maybe this is a symptom of the "MicroSoft Flight Sim" availability. At any rate, AOPA recommends at least two means of securing your aircraft. Since the OEM locks are so pathetically easy to defeat, they recommend prop locks (heavy chains with padlocks) or throttle/mixture locks. Of course tie-downs are riskier but some hangar doors aren't that hard to open, too, and afford cover while the bandits work on the other locks.
