@GabeLakmann @William_The_Dragonborn @AWIVR @comradepond @randbot Heard from a fren that our small town airport saw a kid log about 50 hours of flight time just by taking planes up, paid attention to the stuff that wasn’t flying, and nobody bothered to inquire until he’d been seen doing it enough times. THe first person was told “I’m just taking it up around the circuit, y’know, get the oil movin’”
I think it took someone actually being furious enough to call the cops to scare him off, but by then he was on to bigger and better jobs. Most small town club craft or renters have the keys in the oil box,usually a tool kit or those compartmental padlocks. If it’s a club thing people usually won’t close it anyways.
But why steal time when you could network? If you’re likable you could probably just ask anyone and they’ll take you up for a ride. Hit up the EAA chapter for the guys wanting a tax deduction for it, I think they do freebies a lot