#27 - The Legend of Sky King - A Millennial Folk Hero

Super Mystery Bros

First he stole a plane. Then, he stole our hearts…

Join Nate as he makes his first solo flight on this very special, rough-around-the-edges episode going over the less-than-entirely mysterious case of Richard “Beebo” Russell, AKA “Sky King”.

SOURCES

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/he-was-a-jokester-who-complained-about-his-job-but-friends-still-baffled-by-richard-russells-airplane-heist/

https://nypost.com/2022/07/11/new-footage-shows-airport-worker-richard-russell-steal-plane/

https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/11/us/plane-crash-unauthorized-takeoff/index.html

https://time.com/5364913/richard-russel-seattle-horizon-air-stolen-plane/

https://www.thestranger.com/guest-editorial/2018/08/17/30824665/i-worked-with-richard-russell-at-horizon-air-and-i-understand-why-he-did-what-he-did

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/12/richard-russell-quiet-well-liked-seattle-airport-worker-who-stole-a-plane

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/we-were-all-screaming-oh-my-god%E2%80%8A-how-the-horizon-air-theft-and-crash-unfolded/

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/beebo-russell-seattle-plane-theft-true-story-1187023/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUt-W8Fcpyw