More hilarious reporting

http://www.lodinews.com/articles/200...nes_050629.txt

According to Airnav, Lodi has three public airports within 4 miles.
One is listed as having skydive operations.
The C182 is a very popular jump ship (forget they showed a picture of
the RG, that's almost certainly a random C182 from the photo library).
Guess where the jump pilot may decide to circle down, in left turns
after dropping a load?

I love these conspiracy theorists.

--
Dylan Smith, Castletown, Isle of Man
Flying: http://www.dylansmith.net
Frontier Elite Universe: http://www.alioth.net
"Maintain thine airspeed, lest the ground come up and smite thee"

I love these conspiracy theorists.

That *is* funny!

After working in newspapers for over 20 years, I'm surprised something that
stupid actually made it to press. Usually there's a crusty old editor
somewhere in the process that stops the young pup reporter and says "Wait a
minute here..."
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Dylan Smith" wrote in message
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http://www.lodinews.com/articles/200...nes_050629.txt

According to Airnav, Lodi has three public airports within 4 miles.
One is listed as having skydive operations.
The C182 is a very popular jump ship (forget they showed a picture of
the RG, that's almost certainly a random C182 from the photo library).
Guess where the jump pilot may decide to circle down, in left turns
after dropping a load?


I'd guess over the airport, not the city some four miles away.

"Dylan Smith" wrote in message
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http://www.lodinews.com/articles/200...nes_050629.txt

According to Airnav, Lodi has three public airports within 4 miles.
One is listed as having skydive operations.
The C182 is a very popular jump ship (forget they showed a picture of
the RG, that's almost certainly a random C182 from the photo library).
Guess where the jump pilot may decide to circle down, in left turns
after dropping a load?

I love these conspiracy theorists.

--
Dylan Smith, Castletown, Isle of Man
Flying: http://www.dylansmith.net
Frontier Elite Universe: http://www.alioth.net
"Maintain thine airspeed, lest the ground come up and smite thee"

And it's a modified or very old photo too. The N# comes back to a BELL 47
helicopter.

In article cCbxe.38411$DC2.29576@okepread01, wr.giacona@coxDOTnet says...


And it's a modified or very old photo too. The N# comes back to a BELL 47
helicopter.


No it doesn't. Try changing your "1" at he end to a "T".
I made the same mistake at first.

Gig 601XL Builder wrote:
And it's a modified or very old photo too. The N# comes back to a BELL 47
helicopter.

Isn't that just like the government to throw us off the scent?

Very probably a poorly researched story. May or may not be true.
However, the FBI does use Cessnas for surveillance. I personally knew
one of their pilots. She flew mostly in the NYC area, but made an
occasional trip to the western part of the country.
--
Gene Seibel
Gene & Sue's Aeroplanes - http://pad39a.com/gene/planes.html
Because we fly, we envy no one.

How about this:

"Plane Crashes in NY as Pilot Parachutes Out

Haverstraw, NY - An empty small plane crashed in the Hudson River off
Bowline Point Park yesterday after the pilot suffered leg pains and
parachuted out.

The unidentified pilot, who landed in the water and was rescued, didn't
suffer any serious injuries, Rockland County executive's office spokeswoman
C.J. Miller said. The pilot bailed out because he had leg pins and couldn't
pull the plane out of a dive, Miller said.

The plane went down at 4:41 pm, Haverstraw Police Department dispatcher
Edward Lopez said.

The Cirrus SR22 fixed-wing single-engined plane was lost on radar about 10
miles from Westchester County Airport, FAA spokeswoman Arlene Salac said.
____________________________________________

Now the news last night mentioned that the airplane had a parachute, which
was deployed. Perhaps the pilot also had a parachute (a real belt and
braces kind of guy!) and decided that the Cirrus one wasn't big enough, but
I somehow doubt it.

Leg pains prevent you from pulling out of dive? Huh?

--
Bob (Chief Pilot, White Knuckle Airways)


"Dylan Smith" wrote in message
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http://www.lodinews.com/articles/200...nes_050629.txt

According to Airnav, Lodi has three public airports within 4 miles.
One is listed as having skydive operations.
The C182 is a very popular jump ship (forget they showed a picture of
the RG, that's almost certainly a random C182 from the photo library).
Guess where the jump pilot may decide to circle down, in left turns
after dropping a load?

I love these conspiracy theorists.

--
Dylan Smith, Castletown, Isle of Man
Flying: http://www.dylansmith.net
Frontier Elite Universe: http://www.alioth.net
"Maintain thine airspeed, lest the ground come up and smite thee"

"Bob Chilcoat" wrote

Leg pains prevent you from pulling out of dive? Huh?

Not commenting on accuracy or anything, but you miss-read. It said leg
PINS.
--
Jim in NC

Morgans wrote:

Not commenting on accuracy or anything, but you miss-read. It said leg
PINS.

In one section, but earlier it said "Haverstraw, NY - An empty small plane
crashed in the Hudson River off Bowline Point Park yesterday after the pilot
suffered leg *pains* and parachuted out."

George Patterson
Why do men's hearts beat faster, knees get weak, throats become dry,
and they think irrationally when a woman wears leather clothing?
Because she smells like a new truck.