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Authorities caught up to him. they think he did it at least two, maybe three times before that but nothing compares to this guy. his name is frak be a bin gail. the phony pilot who flew some 250 flights for panam back in the 1950s. and before the feds ever caught up to him, he had logged more than a million miles. he, of course, was the subject of leonardo decap preio's role in the movie catch me if you can. shep. >> shepard: trace gallagher live tonight. thanks. you generally don't expect to see cessna in your rear view mirror. one went rolling down the freeway in southern, keisel after the p...

>> the thing here, ali, the phony passenger, pilot was ticketed for coach and asked the ticket agent if there was room in first class. and he threw a fit and saying he hated americans and yet got on board the plane and didn't get into coach. with a fake air france uniform, a fake air france bag and fake i.d. went into the cockpit and told the pilot he was a 747 pilot. the captain kind of became suspicion when the fake pilot couldn't figure out how to open up the jump seat. and then the gate agent, who had the beef with this phony pilot at the gate came in. noticed he was in the jump seat and s...

Wasn't intent to ride back in coach it happened in philadelphia at the international airport there. cops say this french citizen had a coach ticket on a u.s. airways flight. he asked a gate agent if he could ride up front in first. the agent said. no and police say he argued with the agent. telling her that he hatesicans. and once he got on the plane, he didn't take his seat back in coach. police say he claimed to be a pilot and asked to ride in the cockpit's jump seat. he reportedly looked the part at the time. air france shirt and an air france bag. even an apparent airline i.d. card. but th...