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UK Air Accidents
Recent Air Accidents/Incidents appear to have been very poorly reported by
the press. Especially when light aircraft are involved. They are extremely unknowledgable, wether a paraglider (or other a/c) / RAF training a/c is involved? |
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I suspect press reporting in of air accidents and incidents in the UK is
worse than in most places in the world. The attitude (particularly of local press) seems to be that flying is a dangerous newfangled fad that should be discouraged at all costs. In many other European countries gliding is part of the fabric of everyday life and I would expect reporting there to be better informed and as a result, much more balanced and accurate. A member of my club recently made a perfectly normal, safe outlanding in a field in Lincolnshire near to a field where a cricket match was in progress. Unfortunately the local rag found out and reported it in the usual sensationalised "Glider Pilot in Shock Horror Death Plunge" kind of language. This does nothing to enhance public perception of our sport and I think we need to be much more diligent in taking the culprits to task. If we insisted on balanced, accurate, and informed reporting maybe we could start preventing this kind of ignorant rubbish from appearing in print, along with the damage it does to our sport. "Graham Drinkell" wrote in message ... Recent Air Accidents/Incidents appear to have been very poorly reported by the press. Especially when light aircraft are involved. They are extremely unknowledgable, wether a paraglider (or other a/c) / RAF training a/c is involved? |
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David Starer wrote:
In many other European countries gliding is part of the fabric of everyday life and I would expect reporting there to be better informed and as a result, much more balanced and accurate. ) A member of my club recently made a perfectly normal, safe outlanding in a field in Lincolnshire near to a field where a cricket match was in progress. Unfortunately the local rag found out and reported it in the usual sensationalised "Glider Pilot in Shock Horror Death Plunge" kind of language. Unfortuately, this is the norm rather than the exception even in Germany. For the very least it's titled as an "emergency landing". |
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"José Jiménez" nospam@please wrote in message ... David Starer wrote: In many other European countries gliding is part of the fabric of everyday life and I would expect reporting there to be better informed and as a result, much more balanced and accurate. ) A member of my club recently made a perfectly normal, safe outlanding in a field in Lincolnshire near to a field where a cricket match was in progress. Unfortunately the local rag found out and reported it in the usual sensationalised "Glider Pilot in Shock Horror Death Plunge" kind of language. Unfortuately, this is the norm rather than the exception even in Germany. For the very least it's titled as an "emergency landing". At least that's a "landing" of some sort; here it's usually reported as a "crash", even when it's blindingly obvious there wasn't one! |
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On Jun 17, 8:26*am, "David Starer" wrote:
"José Jiménez" nospam@please wrote in message ... David Starer wrote: In many other European countries gliding is part of the fabric of everyday life and I would expect reporting there to be better informed and as a result, much more balanced and accurate. ) A member of my club recently made a perfectly normal, safe outlanding in a field in Lincolnshire near to a field where a cricket match was in progress. Unfortunately the local rag found out and reported it in the usual sensationalised "Glider Pilot in Shock Horror Death Plunge" kind of language. Unfortuately, this is the norm rather than the exception even in Germany. For the very least it's titled as an "emergency landing". At least that's a "landing" of some sort; here it's usually reported as a "crash", even when it's blindingly obvious there wasn't one! The only bright spot is that these local rags are rapidly dying for lack of advertising revenue. The screaming headlines and lurid stories are a desperate attempt to hang on to readers for their advertisers as long as possible. Real "news" vanished from their pages long ago - pretty much everyone knows that. The Internet with it's unlimited choice has won. For newspapers, the 'light at the end of the tunnel' is the headlight on a train named Google. I still relish the look on the face of a newspaper marketing guy who knocked on my door with an unfortunate lad in tow trying to get me to take the local paper for "free" when I told him, "No, I don't want to pay the refuse collector to haul it away." If you can't sell "free", you're toast. |
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Some years ago I made the front page of the Leicester Mercury when I made a
field landing during a Hus Bos Comp. Allegedly I was 'desperately seeking somewhere to land', 'swooped low over a farmhouse', and then 'crashed into a field where some local schoolchildren had been playing only the previous day'. Actually it was an out and return task, I had identified the field as being suitable when I got a bit low on the way out, some 30 minutes before I actually landed in it, and did a very copybook circuit and landing. It was a nice big field with no obstructions on the approach, stubble surface, and no animals or children! They also got my name and the make of my glider wrong. The only facts they got right were that I was unhurt and the glider was undamaged! They never spoke to me, only a couple of witnesses and the police who had checked that I was OK. What can you do? Derek Copeland At 15:01 17 June 2009, bildan wrote: On Jun 17, 8:26=A0am, "David Starer" wrote: "Jos=E9 Jim=E9nez" wrote in message ... David Starer wrote: In many other European countries gliding is part of the fabric of everyday life and I would expect reporting there to be better informed and as a result, much more balanced and accurate. A member of my club recently made a perfectly normal, safe outlanding = in a field in Lincolnshire near to a field where a cricket match was in progress. Unfortunately the local rag found out and reported it in the usual sensationalised "Glider Pilot in Shock Horror Death Plunge" kind= of language. Unfortuately, this is the norm rather than the exception even in German= y. For the very least it's titled as an "emergency landing". At least that's a "landing" of some sort; here it's usually reported as a "crash", even when it's blindingly obvious there wasn't one! The only bright spot is that these local rags are rapidly dying for lack of advertising revenue. The screaming headlines and lurid stories are a desperate attempt to hang on to readers for their advertisers as long as possible. Real "news" vanished from their pages long ago - pretty much everyone knows that. The Internet with it's unlimited choice has won. For newspapers, the 'light at the end of the tunnel' is the headlight on a train named Google. I still relish the look on the face of a newspaper marketing guy who knocked on my door with an unfortunate lad in tow trying to get me to take the local paper for "free" when I told him, "No, I don't want to pay the refuse collector to haul it away." If you can't sell "free", you're toast. |
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"brave pilot narrowly avoids school" etc. Well, of course s/he would,
school buildings are very hard and they will hurt. School playing fields are much more accommodating (with or without soft squishy schoolchildren). At 17:00 17 June 2009, Del C wrote: Some years ago I made the front page of the Leicester Mercury when I made a field landing during a Hus Bos Comp. Allegedly I was 'desperately seeking somewhere to land', 'swooped low over a farmhouse', and then 'crashed into a field where some local schoolchildren had been playing only the previous day'. Actually it was an out and return task, I had identified the field as being suitable when I got a bit low on the way out, some 30 minutes before I actually landed in it, and did a very copybook circuit and landing. It was a nice big field with no obstructions on the approach, stubble surface, and no animals or children! They also got my name and the make of my glider wrong. The only facts they got right were that I was unhurt and the glider was undamaged! They never spoke to me, only a couple of witnesses and the police who had checked that I was OK. What can you do? Derek Copeland At 15:01 17 June 2009, bildan wrote: On Jun 17, 8:26=A0am, "David Starer" wrote: "Jos=E9 Jim=E9nez" wrote in message ... David Starer wrote: In many other European countries gliding is part of the fabric of everyday life and I would expect reporting there to be better informed and as a result, much more balanced and accurate. A member of my club recently made a perfectly normal, safe outlanding = in a field in Lincolnshire near to a field where a cricket match was in progress. Unfortunately the local rag found out and reported it in the usual sensationalised "Glider Pilot in Shock Horror Death Plunge" kind= of language. Unfortuately, this is the norm rather than the exception even in German= y. For the very least it's titled as an "emergency landing". At least that's a "landing" of some sort; here it's usually reported as a "crash", even when it's blindingly obvious there wasn't one! The only bright spot is that these local rags are rapidly dying for lack of advertising revenue. The screaming headlines and lurid stories are a desperate attempt to hang on to readers for their advertisers as long as possible. Real "news" vanished from their pages long ago - pretty much everyone knows that. The Internet with it's unlimited choice has won. For newspapers, the 'light at the end of the tunnel' is the headlight on a train named Google. I still relish the look on the face of a newspaper marketing guy who knocked on my door with an unfortunate lad in tow trying to get me to take the local paper for "free" when I told him, "No, I don't want to pay the refuse collector to haul it away." If you can't sell "free", you're toast. |
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I would avoid playing fields if possible. They often have been 'levelled'
leaving large steps between levels. I know to my cost! Jim At 22:00 17 June 2009, Peter Wyld wrote: "brave pilot narrowly avoids school" etc. Well, of course s/he would, school buildings are very hard and they will hurt. School playing fields are much more accommodating (with or without soft squishy schoolchildren). |
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On 17 June, 14:46, "David Starer" wrote:
If we insisted on balanced, accurate, and informed reporting maybe we could start preventing this kind of ignorant rubbish from appearing in print, along with the damage it does to our sport. There isn't the slightest chance of anybody being able to insist of "balanced, accurate and informed reporting". Insist to whom? Under threat of what penalty? Ian |
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On 17 June, 18:00, Del C wrote:
They also got my name and the make of my glider wrong. The only facts they got right were that I was unhurt and the glider was undamaged! They never spoke to me, only a couple of witnesses and the police who had checked that I was OK. What can you do? Phone the reporter and invite him/her for a flight? Ian |
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