'Unlawful Operation' of L-39 By Mach 1 Aviation and Incredible Adventures Results in Two Deaths

News and Analysis by Jim Campbell, ANN Editor-In-Chief Over the course of several YEARS, ANN has chronicled the actions of a pilot with an extensive criminal record by the name of David G Riggs. Riggs, already having done prison time in the US and abroad for a number of infractions, has been the subject of a number of stories in which his actions have been found to be both unsafe, illegal, and of potential peril to those in the air and on the ground. Principally known as the pilot of an L-39 that terrorized a Santa Monica pier via a high-speed, low-altitude buzz job that scared hundreds and posed a serious danger to the lives of those nearby, David Riggs ultima

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"We do not expect this story to end here... and as a matter of fact, the details that are coming to light, on an almost daily basis, tell a startling story of an FAA that doesn't work, an aviation system under constant attack by crooks (and not just David Riggs), of the cowardice of the rank and file 'alphabet groups' who are supposedly out there to protect our industry and an aviation justice system that simply doesn't work." Source: ANN Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell's, summary after detailing the lkatest news involving david riggs and the preliminary findings following the crash of an L-39 operated, in part, by a company under Riggs' control.