Some caveats for people new to aviation and to this group

"Don Tuite" wrote in message
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On Sat, 6 Jan 2007 15:10:07 -0500, "Dudley Henriques"
wrote:

. . .
Typical Usenet example as follows;
I was underposted by an individual who wanted to tell the entire world
that
I wasn't Dudley Henriques. He said he could prove that because he knew
Dudley Henriques personally and knew where he was.
My wife immediately sent him an email asking him to PLEASE go immediately
and ask the real Dudley Henriques if he liked to do yard work and if so,
would he consider coming home right away, since the imposter she had been
living with for 40 years absolutely hated to do yardwork!!.

Y'know, that's what's good about Usenet. It offers win-win situations
for everybody.

Don

"ain't it the truth" :-)

DH

Education, grandmother, ova and a fair amount of suction.
For some reason aviation is a subject that kooks,wannabes and Walter
Mittys latch onto..
Why?
I have no idea. perhaps with all the accumulated wisdom you have you
might like to pass on the reasons ?
If you want to fly or learn to fly there are hundreds (even thousands)
of instructors waiting out there for you to walk through the doors.
Why just pass over a posters claims when you know that they are
seriously in error ?

The most useless things in aviation are;
fuel in the bowser
runway behind you
and altitude above you

"george" wrote in message
ups.com...



Education, grandmother, ova and a fair amount of suction.

Sounds profound, but I have no idea why :-)


For some reason aviation is a subject that kooks,wannabes and Walter
Mittys latch onto..
Why?

It's the nature of man that he's excited by adventure. It's also the nature
of man that not all men are adventurers.


I have no idea. perhaps with all the accumulated wisdom you have you
might like to pass on the reasons ?

I don't play well with veiled sarcasam, and I've already stated a cornacopia
of "reasons" :-)


If you want to fly or learn to fly there are hundreds (even thousands)
of instructors waiting out there for you to walk through the doors.

Yes I know. I'm one of them :-)


Why just pass over a posters claims when you know that they are
seriously in error ?

As a flight instructor, I will naturally "correct" any "error" in a post
that I determine might be harmful to someone. This however applies to flight
safety. I should also add that even my "correction" should be considered and
researched to competent authority for verification by all who read it on
Usenet.
You on the other hand, are attempting to deal with a person's authenticity
on Usenet, which is a total waste of time and NOT related in any way to
flight safety. You are of course free to do this, as I am free to tell you
it's a waste of time. See.....that's Usenet! Nobody wins. :-))

Dudley Henriques