The Self-Taught Teen jailed in November for stealing a Cessna 150 and flying it throughout northwestern Minnesota and North Dakota was well known to general aviation pilots in the region. Geoffrey Biteman, 18, had a deep interest in aviation, had been taken on many rides with area pilots, and had enrolled in an aviation maintenance program at a nearby vocational school. "He had been given many rides by family friends and local pilots," said Ward Anderson, police chief in rural Roseau, Minnesota. "He had a library of aviation books and magazines, and he read a great deal about flying. He also had a personal computer-based flight simulator at home. He'd go to the airport and talk his way into lots of rides. He asked lots of questions and mimicked the things he saw pilots do."
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