Josey Wales (@TheOutlawJoseyWales)

Richard Russell's Unauthorized Flight from Seattle-Tacoma Airport On August 10, 2018, at 2:36 p.m., ground service agent Richard Russell arrived at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport for his scheduled shift of towing planes and cargo for Horizon Air. At 7:19 p.m., Russell climbed inside Horizon Air Q400 aircraft #N449QX. Being in the cockpit was nothing new for Russell, who had spent the past three and a half years towing planes around the airport and knew how to operate the plane's auxiliary power unit (APU) and maneuver aircraft on land. But that evening, he decided to fly. At 7:33 p.m., Russell took off from the airport. For the next 1 hour and 13 minutes, Russell — who had no formal flight training — flew around the Seattle area, visiting Mount Rainier and the Olympic Mountains. ("These guys are gorgeous! Holy smokes," he said over the radio.) He also tried some tricks. "Hey, pilot guy! Can this thing do a backflip, you think?" Russell asked a nearby pilot. After a successful barrel roll, Russell refused to land the plane. "I was kinda hoping that was gonna be it, ya know?" At 8:46 p.m., his plane crashed on Ketron Island in Puget Sound, and Russell died. He was 28 years old.