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Media screws up again...
Here's the link:
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news...94/detail.html Stall = Engine stall?? Why do they always seem to screw this up?? |
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Sam wrote: Here's the link: http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news...94/detail.html Stall = Engine stall?? Why do they always seem to screw this up?? Because the aviation use of 'stall' is totally foreign to them, and they know what an engine stall is, and assume that is what happened. I think whoever suggested replacing aerodynamic stall with the term 'wing fart' (Jim Weir maybe?) has the right idea. The only way to get the general public to not think stall = engine stall is to use a term that has no meaning to the general public. John -- John Clear - http://www.panix.com/~jac |
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John Clear wrote:
Stall = Engine stall?? Why do they always seem to screw this up?? Because the aviation use of 'stall' is totally foreign to them, and they know what an engine stall is, and assume that is what happened. There was some movie my wife was watching recently while we worked in our family room. She described it as something in which I'd have no interest, which means that it wouldn't interfere with my work. But it had an airplane, so I was watching. And then the aircraft pitched *way* up (avoiding terrain) and stalled. Except for the poor choice in maneuvers, it was a decent stall, with the nose suddenly dropping. However, what's that *sputtering* sound I hear!?! I started sputtering myself, at which point my wife started to question her assessment of my ability to work while this movie played. - Andrew |
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"Sam" wrote in message \
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news...94/detail.html Stall = Engine stall?? Why do they always seem to screw this up?? The media needs more discovery flights. -c |
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What the media needs is integrity and a desire to tell the truth. And that
will never happen. Media reporting is about entertainment .. not truth. "gatt" wrote in message ... "Sam" wrote in message \ http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news...94/detail.html Stall = Engine stall?? Why do they always seem to screw this up?? The media needs more discovery flights. -c |
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what the media needs is educated people... a degree in journalism means they
learn how to write and keep the readers attention... it does not mean they know what they are writing about. BT "OtisWinslow" wrote in message .. . What the media needs is integrity and a desire to tell the truth. And that will never happen. Media reporting is about entertainment .. not truth. "gatt" wrote in message ... "Sam" wrote in message \ http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news...94/detail.html Stall = Engine stall?? Why do they always seem to screw this up?? The media needs more discovery flights. -c |
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"Sam" wrote in message om... Here's the link: http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news...94/detail.html Stall = Engine stall?? Why do they always seem to screw this up?? For the same reason they screw up most topics -- they feel compelled to comment about things of which they are completely clueless. |
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"BTIZ" wrote in message news:z6pxc.5042$fZ1.2463@fed1read03... what the media needs is educated people... a degree in journalism means they learn how to write and keep the readers attention... it does not mean they know what they are writing about. Or in the case of NY Times Paul Krugman, education, even on the topic he writes about, is no quarantee either. |
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"Tom Sixkiller" wrote in message ... "Sam" wrote in message om... Here's the link: http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news...94/detail.html Stall = Engine stall?? Why do they always seem to screw this up?? For the same reason they screw up most topics -- they feel compelled to comment about things of which they are completely clueless. Thank heavens none of us are like that. |
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Stall = Engine stall?? Why do they always seem to screw this up??
For the same reason they screw up most topics -- they feel compelled to comment about things of which they are completely clueless. And CJ Campbell writes: Thank heavens none of us are like that. Every year, one post rises head and shoulders above the usual mix of dross, old topics rehashed, and rehashed, and rehashed, and . . . good solid keepers. This one has my vote Tony -- Tony Roberts PP-ASEL VFR OTT Night Almost Instrument Cessna 172H C-GICE |
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