A mystery plane thief keeps stealing a vintage small plane for sky-high joyrides — and even repairing it before returning it ready for the next time.

Retired California pilot Jason Hong told the Los Angeles Times he had just finished celebrating his 75th birthday when he suddenly got the urge to pay a visit to his “old treasure,” a 1958 Cessna Skyhawk stationed at the Corona Municipal Airport on July 27.

Instead, he found his white and red single-engine plane missing, with police notifying him that the plane had been checked out at least twice before the latest mysterious joyride .

Adding to the mystery, the plane had also been maintained and repaired, he said. 3

“On and off, they flew in and out, in and out, almost an entire month without knowing,” he said, with some witness

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