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Thomas Fitzpatrick (pilot)
Thomas Fitzpatrick (c. 1930 – 2009) nicknamed Tommy Fitz, was an American pilot known for two intoxicated flights where he flew from New Jersey and landed in the streets of New York City.
==Flights==
On September 30, 1956 after drinking heavily at a bar in New York City, Fitzpatrick made an intoxicated barroom bet that he could travel from New Jersey to New York City in 15 minutes. At approximately 3 a.m. he stole a single engine plane from the Teterboro School of Aeronautics in New Jersey and flew without lights or radio before landing on St. Nicholas Avenue near 191st Street in front of the bar where the bet was made. The New York Times called it a "fine landing" and a "feat of aeroneutics". For his illegal flight, he was fined a measly $100 after the plane's owner refused to press charges.
On October 4, 1958 just before 1 a.m., Fitzpatrick again stole another plane from the same airfield and landed on Amsterdam and 187th street in front of a Yeshiva University building after another bar patron disbelieved his first feat. For his second stolen flight judge, John A. Mullen, sentenced him to six months in prison stating, "Had you been properly jolted then, it’s possible this would not have occurred a second time."〔〔
Local resident Jim Clarke, believed his goal was to land on the field of George Washington High School. Another resident Sam Garcia described how times have changed stating, "if it happened today, they would call him a terrorist, and locked him up and thrown away the key."〔
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