![]() ![]() ![]() It was a habit he would continue throughout his life. He became a flight instructor, falsely attesting on his application that he had never been convicted of a felony. The stunt led to a felony conviction and him being booted from the Marines.įoster moved to Arizona, attended flight school and earned his commercial license. Two years into that stint, Foster broke into a bar in order to get beer. Inside a pocket was a baggie of marijuana. Students at a nearby junior high found it and turned it in. As he circled and prepared to land on the school grounds, his windbreaker flew out of his helicopter. In February 1988, Foster flew over a school where students had formed the shape of an American flag. The second incident was one that would haunt Foster, though he maintained his innocence. A few weeks later, he rescued a teenager who was lost in the mountainous wilderness east of Phoenix. Foster defended himself saying he was chasing what he thought was a crime suspect.įoster continued flying while he appealed the ruling. In 1987, the Federal Aviation Administration asked that his license be suspended for two incidents in which it said he flew too close to other aircraft. KPNX started climbing in the ratings afterward.īy the late 1980s, two events would prompt Foster’s first retirement from television. KPNX promised him a helicopter with the capability to broadcast live from the cockpit. In 1979, Channel 12, KPNX-TV, the NBC affiliate, lured Foster away.
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