To compound the injury when the LAPD caught up with Martz 30 minutes later they found him merrily drunk, having shared a bottle of strong spirits with Tommy Lee after landing. He only drank after landing, you understand. Unfortunately Tommy was unable to back the story up after running away when he saw the police approaching.

It seems this isn't the first time that Martz has come to the attention of the air authorities. There was a misunderstanding when he managed to fly into a power line in Mexico, narrowly avoiding killing himself and his passengers, and another time when he managed to damage neighbour's property by landing in Tommy Lee's back garden to pick him up.

Best of all, the time he was pictured sucking a topless woman's nipples whilst in his helicopter cockpit (suddenly a very apt name). Whilst about 400 feet in the air and travelling at around 70mph. Martz denies that this ever happened, but unfortunately for him TMZ.com have some fairly damning pictures of the incident, and though Martz claims that the pictures were taken on the ground there seems to be a very healthy horizon visible out of the front window and an air-speed indicator telling a different story.

Crazy guy, terrible pilot. Hopefully he can pick up some work in the UK. Is Pete Doherty still banned from driving?