More hilarious reporting

"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

You will notice the photo was provided by a Ken Cantrell. There is a Ken
Cantrell in the FAA data base that lives in Lodi CA. Looks like he built an
RV-6. He posts to the Matronics RV list and he has a repaiman's cert for
one.

I wonder if MIBs have visited him yet.



"Greg Farris" wrote in message
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Well, I agree the length and speculative nature of the article really
give the impression that column space is not costly and people don't
have that much to think about up in Lodi!

On the other hand, the photo appears to be real, as the N number
(N-6458T)coincides with what the reporter says about the plane. Who
hired the air-to-air photography? Someone has put some big effort into
this amateurish-sounding article.

Reading other articles from the same rag, it appears there is a
significant anti-terror investigation going on there, with some arrests
having been made, and political turmoil in the local Mosque. In this
context, the type of surveillance operation the writer refers to may not
be far off the mark. One wonders what the writer may have against that.

This would be an opportunity for someone to point out the vital role
that GA aircraft have always had in law enforcement - and from there we
could get into environmental protection, gelogical survey,
(including photogrammetry for map making) meteorological services and
business enhancement like real estate survey. It appears they have just
approved a large commercial development there, including Wal-Mart.

It is obvious the writer has spent a lot of energy and probably some
money to investigate the matter, and appears eager to incite some
controversy over it. While we can only respect her legitimate defense of
people's right to know, one wonders why she should feel harrassed,
rather than reassured, by the presence of what she appears convinced is
a law enforcement initiative, and possibly an anti-terrorist
investigation.

It was bad enough when little planes got scapegoated for terror attacks
they had nothing to do with, and could not have perpetrated if they
wanted - but now even Feds in anti-terror investigation planes are being
used to spread panic and mistrust. Cant' win!

G Faris

And just what is the Federal Aviation AUTHORITY?
--
Chris Ehlbeck, PP-ASEL
"It's a license to learn, have fun and buy really expensive hamburgers."

"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"

In article TBhxe.38416$DC2.4696@okepread01, wr.giacona@coxDOTnet says...


I wonder if MIBs have visited him yet.


Wasn't there someone with a name like that involved in an accident recently?
Something went wierd with his GPS . . .


:-)

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.

"George Patterson" wrote in message
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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."


Did it say what was wrong with his leg? Jumping out of an airplane because
of leg pain seems extreme.

"Earl Grieda" wrote in message
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"George Patterson" wrote in message
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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."


Did it say what was wrong with his leg? Jumping out of an airplane
because
of leg pain seems extreme.

Especially seeing as that is the first part of the body to hit when under a
parachute. I suspect something is amiss in the story being reported.

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

Sounds like they really should start doing some surveillance out there
in Lodi California and find out where the newspaper folks are getting
their dope.

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

Sounds like they really should start doing some surveillance out there
in Lodi California and find out where the newspaper folks are getting
their dope.

Probably from Congress -- I gotta get me some of what they're smoking.

In article .net,
says...


Did it say what was wrong with his leg? Jumping out of an airplane because
of leg pain seems extreme.


Very credible story.

"Hangnail's killing me man, I'm outta here!
Never mind that I'm setting my half million dollar airplane free in the
middle of Westchester County - obviously I wear a parachute at all time
for just such occasions!"

:-)