the man in the cockpit window is captain sirlo.an unemployed 32 italian with fantasies of being an airline pilot. police stopped him wearing a pilot's uniform and carrying fake i.d. cards. captain sirlo had a garage full of airline parra if he na la including parking permits, training manuals and uniforms, everything except real qualifications. but it was enough to get him in the cockpit on a cockpit between munich and turin. he didn't touch the controls. he told police he was mimicking the film "catch me if you can." police were tipped off a few months ago when he spoke to an aviation official who thought he was too young to be a captain. >> but maybe the name sirlo should have been a tipoff. sirlo is the aviation code for the flight corridor in turin. >> he made it in the cockpit. straight ahead your monday morning weather and in sports an nfl player's emotional performance in the face of a tragic personal loss. this is the morning news. >>> here's a look at the weather. sunny in new york, 69 degrees. partly sunny skies in miami

. >> reporter: at first glance captain an tremendousa sirlo looks like the real deal.not. police say the man is actually a 32-year-old unemployed italian who took his treatment of being a pilot too far. at least once sirlo allegedly hitched a ride in the cockpit of a jet from munich , germany to turin, italy in april though he never touched the controls. online he called himself a first officer for the german carrier lufthansa and posted this picture posing in a cockpit. even the name he chose is an italian aviation code. if the story sounds familiar that's because it is. ♪ come fly with me >> reporter: sirlo was copying the hit movie "catch me if you can." in it leonardo dicaprio plays a com man who passed himself off s a pan am pilot.d himself off his scam wasn't good enough to convince one aviation official. when authorities caught up with the suspected con artist on friday at turin airport he was decked out in a pilot's uniform. he led police to a garage filled with fake i.d. cards, resumes and training manuals, everything except for the real credentials. >> "catch

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. >> reporter: at first glance captain an tremendousa sirlo looks like the real deal.not. police say the man is actually a 32-year-old unemployed italian who took his treatment of being a pilot too far. at least once sirlo allegedly hitched a ride in the cockpit of a jet from munich , germany to turin, italy in april though he never touched the controls. online he called himself a first officer for the german carrier lufthansa and posted this picture posing in a cockpit. even the ne he chose is an italian aviation code. if the story sounds familiar that's because it is. ♪ come fly with me >> reporter: sirlo was copying the hit movie "catch me if you can." in it leonardo dicaprio plays a com man who passed himself off s a pan am pilot.d himself off his scam wasn't good enough to convince one aviation official. when authorities caught up with the suspected con artist on friday at turin airport he was decked out in a pilot's uniform. he led police to a garage filled with fake i.d. cards, resumes and training manuals, everything except for the real credentials. >> "catch m