Dick Rutan makes emergency landing in C150

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On Dec 20, 10:27 am, Paul kgyy wrote:
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Good thing he was so close to the ground. It would have been sad if
he'd gotten stuck up there. We've never had anyone get stuck up their
yet, we don't want to start now.

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On Dec 20, 10:27 am, Paul kgyy wrote:
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Good thing he was so close to the ground. It would have been sad if
he'd gotten stuck up there. We've never had anyone get stuck up their
yet, we don't want to start now.

In all fairness, apparently "Daredevil pilot Dick Rutan" made some comment
about being lucky it didn't happen when he was above the clouds, but yea,
"Fortunately, he was flying below 1000 feet." is one of the dumber things
I've read from the press.

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We can snicker all we want at the clueless reporting of a liberal arts
major, low man on the totem pole, who gets sent to report on general
aviation - but how many of us have contacted the paqper and the tv
station and offered to take the general news reporter(s) flying on a
saturday afternoon so we can teach them the basics?

denny hand up

Denny wrote in news:7e60896b-29ad-4df9-b10e-
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We can snicker all we want at the clueless reporting of a liberal arts
major, low man on the totem pole, who gets sent to report on general
aviation - but how many of us have contacted the paqper and the tv
station and offered to take the general news reporter(s) flying on a
saturday afternoon so we can teach them the basics?

denny hand up


There was an newscaster in the Bay area many years ago who read an
report about a GA incident on the air. This report contained several
factual errors about the incident, among which was the picture of a twin
for the single engine aircraft involved. The irony was he was a well known
local pilot. About a week later, he MCed an all day safety seminar. The
first question asked of him was about the factual errors in his report.
His response was "I receive a 7 figure salary for reading the news that is
handed to me by the editors. If they give me advance copy and I notice an
error, I'll point it out to them, but when I'm on the air, I am not going
to jeapordize my salary by altering what they hand me."

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Marty Shapiro
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Marty Shapiro wrote:

There was an newscaster in the Bay area many years ago who read an
report about a GA incident on the air. This report contained several
factual errors about the incident, among which was the picture of a twin
for the single engine aircraft involved. The irony was he was a well known
local pilot. About a week later, he MCed an all day safety seminar. The
first question asked of him was about the factual errors in his report.
His response was "I receive a 7 figure salary for reading the news that is
handed to me by the editors. If they give me advance copy and I notice an
error, I'll point it out to them, but when I'm on the air, I am not going
to jeapordize my salary by altering what they hand me."


That's fine, but from that point I'd assume he knows no better and lacks
credibility. If they handed him as report stating the earth was flat, he'd read
it that way. How can you believe a word out of his mouth when the truth has
such little importance?

I remember many years ago when 20-20 did a hatchet job on an industry I was
intimately familiar with. They neglected to report that the behaviors one
organization (the target of the report) followed were the STANDARDS OF THE
INDUSTRY. In other words, they had no story unless they wanted to castigate the
entire industry. I forever assumed if they did that to something I knew, they
did it to everybody they reported on. I never watched another show as I assume
they're all hatchet jobs.

No credibility = no viewers



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Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com

Marty Shapiro wrote:
Denny wrote in news:7e60896b-29ad-4df9-b10e-
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We can snicker all we want at the clueless reporting of a liberal arts
major, low man on the totem pole, who gets sent to report on general
aviation - but how many of us have contacted the paqper and the tv
station and offered to take the general news reporter(s) flying on a
saturday afternoon so we can teach them the basics?

denny hand up


There was an newscaster in the Bay area many years ago who read an
report about a GA incident on the air. This report contained several
factual errors about the incident, among which was the picture of a twin
for the single engine aircraft involved. The irony was he was a well known
local pilot. About a week later, he MCed an all day safety seminar. The
first question asked of him was about the factual errors in his report.
His response was "I receive a 7 figure salary for reading the news that is
handed to me by the editors. If they give me advance copy and I notice an
error, I'll point it out to them, but when I'm on the air, I am not going
to jeapordize my salary by altering what they hand me."

That last statement also pretty much sums of my impression of
journalistic integrity.

Matt

Denny wrote:
We can snicker all we want at the clueless reporting of a liberal arts
major, low man on the totem pole, who gets sent to report on general
aviation - but how many of us have contacted the paqper and the tv
station and offered to take the general news reporter(s) flying on a
saturday afternoon so we can teach them the basics?


I've never bothered. I have suggested to them that before they ever ran an
aviation story, they ought to run it through their on-staff aviation expert to
make sure it made sense: their helicopter pilot. He's just a phone call away,
they already know him, and he knows flying.

Judging from the quality of their later aviation stories, they couldn't be
bothered. As a result, aircraft engines continue to stall and airplanes crash
because the pilot's medical had expired.

Is it any wonder that I take a newspaper's endorsement of a politician with a
grain of salt? They **** everything else up; why not that?



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Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com

"MS" == Mortimer Schnerd Mortimer writes:

MS As a result, aircraft engines continue
MS to stall and airplanes crash because the pilot's medical had
MS expired.

This is flat BS and proves you don't know squat about flying. The
crashes happen because the reckless pilots fail to file flight plans.
--
Whenever anyone says "I can't," it makes me wish he'd get stung
to death by about ten thousand bees. When he says "I'll try,"
five thousand bees. ("I can," one bee.)
- Jack Handey

On Dec 20, 1:27 pm, Paul kgyy wrote:
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The more I learn about flying, the more I realize you don't need a
bunch of bells and whistles to make it fun. Considering all the toys
Rutan has to choose from, the fact that he flew in a C 150 says alot
about the guy. Same goes for Neil Armstrong, well known in the
gliding community for his love of flying, or all the guys and gals out
there flying Taylorcrafts, Cubs etc. Maybe if Cory Little had the
same outlook he wouldn't have become part of someone's living room.

Doug