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Typical News Reporting on an accident
Note that the "engine" stalled as a result of flying into a box
canyon... http://www.ktvb.com/news/localnews/s....13839aa8.html The reporters never seem to get that a stall has nothing to do with the engine. |
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Typical News Reporting on an accident
wrote in message ups.com... Note that the "engine" stalled as a result of flying into a box canyon... http://www.ktvb.com/news/localnews/s....13839aa8.html The reporters never seem to get that a stall has nothing to do with the engine. The pilot's name was Berk Snow. The passenger was his wife, who suffered a broken neck and multiple-day exposure (the crash may have happened as early as Thursday) apparently up on a ridge where she was rescued. If any of you are familiar with Burning Man, he was sort of a hero there for exposing so many non-aviation people to the joy of flying. -c |
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On Jun 18, 4:12 pm, "Gatt" wrote:
wrote in message ups.com... Note that the "engine" stalled as a result of flying into a box canyon... http://www.ktvb.com/news/localnews/s...7-valley_co.13... The reporters never seem to get that a stall has nothing to do with the engine. The pilot's name was Berk Snow. The passenger was his wife, who suffered a broken neck and multiple-day exposure (the crash may have happened as early as Thursday) apparently up on a ridge where she was rescued. If any of you are familiar with Burning Man, he was sort of a hero there for exposing so many non-aviation people to the joy of flying. -c Sorry to hear he was a friend of yours... how much experience did he have with back-country flying? Dean |
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Typical News Reporting on an accident
wrote in message oups.com... The pilot's name was Berk Snow. The passenger was his wife, who suffered a broken neck and multiple-day exposure (the crash may have happened as early as Thursday) apparently up on a ridge where she was rescued. Sorry to hear he was a friend of yours... how much experience did he have with back-country flying? I don't know for sure. We exchanged a few e-mails but I never had a chance to meet him in person. The forums he and I were on is pretty shaken up about it, though. He was a member of the backcountrypilot.org forum. -c |
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Typical News Reporting on an accident
On Jun 19, 9:58 am, wrote:
The reporters never seem to get that a stall has nothing to do with the engine. I don't think it's fair to blame reporters, probably what was said is "he flew into the canyon and stalled the aircraft trying to get out" or something like that, a reporter is not (necessarily) a pilot, stall in the common man's vocabularly is associated with engines not wings. When talking to lay-persons, reporters especially, pilots and associated personell should avoid that S word and spell out the ramifications instead. What they should have been told is something like "he flew into the canyon and in trying to get back out they inadverantly caused the wing to stop producing lift". |
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James Sleeman wrote in message
.com... On Jun 19, 9:58 am, wrote: The reporters never seem to get that a stall has nothing to do with the engine. I don't think it's fair to blame reporters, probably what was said is "he flew into the canyon and stalled the aircraft trying to get out" or something like that, a reporter is not (necessarily) a pilot, stall in the common man's vocabularly is associated with engines not wings. When talking to lay-persons, reporters especially, pilots and associated personell should avoid that S word and spell out the ramifications instead. What they should have been told is something like "he flew into the canyon and in trying to get back out they inadverantly caused the wing to stop producing lift". That doesn't sound much more useful to the average person. I would think "they ended up flying too slow." would be adequate. - Rick |
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James Sleeman writes:
I don't think it's fair to blame reporters, probably what was said is "he flew into the canyon and stalled the aircraft trying to get out" or something like that, a reporter is not (necessarily) a pilot, stall in the common man's vocabularly is associated with engines not wings. When talking to lay-persons, reporters especially, pilots and associated personell should avoid that S word and spell out the ramifications instead. What they should have been told is something like "he flew into the canyon and in trying to get back out they inadverantly caused the wing to stop producing lift". What makes you so certain it was an aerodynamic stall? That type of stall normally does not cause a crash. The stalling of an engine, however, which is apparently what the passenger mentioned, could easily cause a crash or make one more likely. |
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Typical News Reporting on an accident
Mxsmanic wrote in
: James Sleeman writes: I don't think it's fair to blame reporters, probably what was said is "he flew into the canyon and stalled the aircraft trying to get out" or something like that, a reporter is not (necessarily) a pilot, stall in the common man's vocabularly is associated with engines not wings. When talking to lay-persons, reporters especially, pilots and associated personell should avoid that S word and spell out the ramifications instead. What they should have been told is something like "he flew into the canyon and in trying to get back out they inadverantly caused the wing to stop producing lift". What makes you so certain it was an aerodynamic stall? That type of stall normally does not cause a crash. The stalling of an engine, however, which is apparently what the passenger mentioned, could easily cause a crash or make one more likely. You're an idiot. Stall accidents are very common indeed, fjukktard. Don't you ever get tired of being wrong? Bertie |
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