More hilarious reporting

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"

I love these conspiracy theorists.

That *is* funny!

After working in newspapers for over 20 years, I'm surprised something that
stupid actually made it to press. Usually there's a crusty old editor
somewhere in the process that stops the young pup reporter and says "Wait a
minute here..."
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

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

"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'd guess over the airport, not the city some four miles away.

"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"

And it's a modified or very old photo too. The N# comes back to a BELL 47
helicopter.

In article cCbxe.38411$DC2.29576@okepread01, wr.giacona@coxDOTnet says...


And it's a modified or very old photo too. The N# comes back to a BELL 47
helicopter.


No it doesn't. Try changing your "1" at he end to a "T".
I made the same mistake at first.

Very probably a poorly researched story. May or may not be true.
However, the FBI does use Cessnas for surveillance. I personally knew
one of their pilots. She flew mostly in the NYC area, but made an
occasional trip to the western part of the country.
--
Gene Seibel
Gene & Sue's Aeroplanes - http://pad39a.com/gene/planes.html
Because we fly, we envy no one.

How about this:

"Plane Crashes in NY as Pilot Parachutes Out

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.

The unidentified pilot, who landed in the water and was rescued, didn't
suffer any serious injuries, Rockland County executive's office spokeswoman
C.J. Miller said. The pilot bailed out because he had leg pins and couldn't
pull the plane out of a dive, Miller said.

The plane went down at 4:41 pm, Haverstraw Police Department dispatcher
Edward Lopez said.

The Cirrus SR22 fixed-wing single-engined plane was lost on radar about 10
miles from Westchester County Airport, FAA spokeswoman Arlene Salac said.
____________________________________________

Now the news last night mentioned that the airplane had a parachute, which
was deployed. Perhaps the pilot also had a parachute (a real belt and
braces kind of guy!) and decided that the Cirrus one wasn't big enough, but
I somehow doubt it.

Leg pains prevent you from pulling out of dive? Huh?

--
Bob (Chief Pilot, White Knuckle Airways)


"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"

Gig 601XL Builder wrote:
And it's a modified or very old photo too. The N# comes back to a BELL 47
helicopter.

Isn't that just like the government to throw us off the scent?

("Dylan Smith" wrote)
[snip]
http://www.lodinews.com/articles/200...nes_050629.txt

I love these conspiracy theorists.


This one is too easy...

Twilight Zone:
The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street (1960)
Writer: Rod Serling
Director: Ron Winston

A mysterious power failure causes paranoid suburban residents to suspect one
another of being disguised creatures from outer space.

http://leapinbass.com/zone/tz/episodelistindex.html

"A power outage following a meteor sighting gets the residents of Maple
Street on edge. Since the power failure has even stricken the vehicles on
the street Pete Van Horn sets off on foot to find out what's wrong. Just
after Pete leaves a young boy says he knows what is going on. He shows that
in one of his comic books there is a story about aliens coming down,
assuming human looks, and living in neighborhood for a while - while they
plan their attack."


Montblack