Flight instructor sentenced for buzzing county fair

FAYETTEVILLE - A flight instructor who was in the plane when a 16-year-old student pilot at the controls buzzed the Fayette County Fair has been sentenced to 30 days in jail. <br> <br> Fayette County State Court Judge Fletcher Sams also sentenced Andrew Waits, 22, of Fayetteville, to 23 months probation, fined him $2,000 and ordered him to surrender his pilot&#39;s license. <br> <br> In addition, the judge said Waits will have to perform 100 hours of community service and write an essay on flight instructors&#39; responsibilities before and after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. <br> <br> The Fayette County Sheriff&#39;s Department said the teen-ager was at the controls of the single-engine plane that made two very low passes over the fair the night of Sept. 25, alarming a crowd jittery after the attacks on Washington and New York. <br> <br> The student pilot earlier was placed on probation for an indefinite period, fined $200, ordered to perform 40 hours of community service and told to write an essay about the consequences of his actions. <br> <br> Waits, who pleaded guilty to two counts of unlawful flight, will report to jail in April. <br> <br>

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