"vincent p. norris" wrote in message
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None of us that worked
on or around them, including the Chalks employees I knew ever once called
any of the aircraft a hydroplane.

The word is in my Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 10th
edition, copyright date 2002. It is also found frequently in the
historical literature.

vince norris

That's the point I was making. The people that put the news on TV have as
much knowldege and depth on the subjects they cover as someone reading a
dictionary. They spend more time and energy combing their hair then they do
in understanding or selecting what they should breathlessly report to an
even less informed public.



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Scott