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Air & Space, June/July 2006
One would think a premier aviation publication such as Air & Space would
get basic facts correct. Page 13, In Memoriam, paragraph one... "...Scott Crossfieldk 84 was killed las April when flying his twin-engine Cessna 210A..." |
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Air & Space, June/July 2006
"john smith" wrote in message ... One would think a premier aviation publication such as Air & Space would get basic facts correct. Page 13, In Memoriam, paragraph one... "...Scott Crossfieldk 84 was killed las April when flying his twin-engine Cessna 210A..." The 1/2 page article also referenced the movie "The Right Stuff", where the article stated "In the film, the X-15 shakes violently as it approaches Mach 2..." Um, sorry Sparky, the X-15 didn't appear in the movie. I'm surprised either error got past the editor. Kind of sad to make two factual errors in a 1/2 page article. |
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Air & Space, June/July 2006
"Kyle Boatright" wrote in message
... "john smith" wrote in message ... One would think a premier aviation publication such as Air & Space would get basic facts correct. Page 13, In Memoriam, paragraph one... "...Scott Crossfieldk 84 was killed las April when flying his twin-engine Cessna 210A..." The 1/2 page article also referenced the movie "The Right Stuff", where the article stated "In the film, the X-15 shakes violently as it approaches Mach 2..." Um, sorry Sparky, the X-15 didn't appear in the movie. I'm surprised either error got past the editor. Kind of sad to make two factual errors in a 1/2 page article. Well if Air & Space is anything like the rest of corporate America and like the company I work for, then they have outsourced their magazine to India where they may or may not get the facts straight. David - Any typos are not necessarily the fault of responder due to outsourcing this response was not sent out be me. |
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Air & Space, June/July 2006
Kyle Boatright wrote: "john smith" wrote in message ... One would think a premier aviation publication such as Air & Space would get basic facts correct. Page 13, In Memoriam, paragraph one... "...Scott Crossfieldk 84 was killed las April when flying his twin-engine Cessna 210A..." The 1/2 page article also referenced the movie "The Right Stuff", where the article stated "In the film, the X-15 shakes violently as it approaches Mach 2..." Um, sorry Sparky, the X-15 didn't appear in the movie. I'm surprised either error got past the editor. I had the pleasure of meeting Scott Crossfield almost a year ago. He mentioned that he had never seen the film, The Right Stuff, and had no intention of ever doing so, as he found out that there were so many inaccuracies in its portrayal. He did mention the book was fairly accurate. I did see the Right Stuff film and thought it was kind of cheesy all around, but it was nice that Hollywood was paying attention to the efforts of the great test pilots. He also referred to the "Best selling author and humorist Chuck Yeager." |
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OT outsourcing
Ok, here's my "outsource" story of the week...
We pack our packages of potatoes on pallets, an industry sorespot. So some chain stores request Chep pallets... the blue pallets that come from Chep Co, a pallet rental company which is based in Australia, but has operations world wide... So the other day I order a load of pallets from them.... It is scheduled to load in Quebec, Canada and the dispatcher calls me speaking broken French... He conferences me with a truckdriver, who is obviously Indian... So, I get Australian pallets from Canada through a guy that speaks French, hauled to me by a guy from India just so my Mexican employees can pack potatoes on them because my American customer is afraid that his American customers or employees might injure themselves on a cheap American pallet and get sued by a high priced American lawyer. The whole thing sounds totally anti-American, but it looks like the rest of the world is getting rich from it! Jim "FLAV8R" wrote in message Well if Air & Space is anything like the rest of corporate America and like the company I work for, then they have outsourced their magazine to India where they may or may not get the facts straight. David - Any typos are not necessarily the fault of responder due to outsourcing this response was not sent out be me. |
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Air & Space, June/July 2006
Hey, In the previous issue they said I was flying a Cessna 150 with a 1/4
keg of beer, when in fact it was a Cherokee 140 with a 1/2 keg. "john smith" wrote in message ... One would think a premier aviation publication such as Air & Space would get basic facts correct. Page 13, In Memoriam, paragraph one... "...Scott Crossfieldk 84 was killed las April when flying his twin-engine Cessna 210A..." |
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Air & Space, June/July 2006
"Steve Foley" wrote in message ... Hey, In the previous issue they said I was flying a Cessna 150 with a 1/4 keg of beer, when in fact it was a Cherokee 140 with a 1/2 keg. was that the single engine 140 or the twin? |
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OT outsourcing
The whole thing sounds totally anti-American, but it looks like the rest
of the world is getting rich from it! Hilarious! So why can't we (Americans, that is) make our *own* fancy pallets? Surely it's got to be cheaper to make them here, than to ship them from Australia, via Canada? -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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OT outsourcing
"Jay Honeck" wrote in news:VJhcg.984538$xm3.569579
@attbi_s21: The whole thing sounds totally anti-American, but it looks like the rest of the world is getting rich from it! Hilarious! So why can't we (Americans, that is) make our *own* fancy pallets? Surely it's got to be cheaper to make them here, than to ship them from Australia, via Canada? Cuz there'd probably have to be some union (carpentry?) demanding 20 bucks an hour to start, two weeks paid vacation, medical/dental/vision coverage for the whole family, all federal holidays off (and a few foreign ones as well), 10 (or more) sick days/year...paid, full retirement benefits for life at 100% last payrate, etc....etc....etc.... Brian -- http://www.skywise711.com - Lasers, Seismology, Astronomy, Skepticism Seismic FAQ: http://www.skywise711.com/SeismicFAQ/SeismicFAQ.html Quake "predictions": http://www.skywise711.com/quakes/EQDB/index.html Sed quis custodiet ipsos Custodes? |
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OT outsourcing
"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:VJhcg.984538$xm3.569579@attbi_s21... The whole thing sounds totally anti-American, but it looks like the rest of the world is getting rich from it! Hilarious! So why can't we (Americans, that is) make our *own* fancy pallets? Surely it's got to be cheaper to make them here, than to ship them from Australia, via Canada? It's cheaper to build and ship just about everything else so why not pallets. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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