Dad Takes Son to School in Helicopter

Bart Sutherin flew his 14-year-old son, Joseph, to his first day of classes at East Ridge High School in a rented blue-and-white Hughes 300 helicopter this week.

Sutherin landed the helicopter safely behind some portable classrooms on the east side of the campus, but he didn't clear the flight with the Lake County school district officials and sheriff's office first.

Sutherin told officials that he wanted to "make a positive impression on the other students" on his son's first day of ninth grade. The newspaper reports a deputy called the FAA after Sutherin's flight.



via AOLnews