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Editorial on Glider Exemption from NexGen Plans
On Jul 6, 1:39*pm, Mike wrote:
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op...exempt-gliders... That's all they could come up with after a 30-minute interview with the SSA chair? Gather the rest didn't support their agenda. |
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Editorial on Glider Exemption from NexGen Plans
I have been educated that . . . the Washington Examiner is a tabloid
newspaper that is given away free. The city of Alexandria, Virginia proposed a "Do Not Deliver" list in response to people's complaints about not being able to unsubscribe, when they hadn't subscribed in the first place. More info at Wikipedia. |
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Editorial on Glider Exemption from NexGen Plans
On Jul 6, 9:02*pm, Burt Compton - Marfa wrote:
I have been educated that . . . the Washington Examiner is a tabloid newspaper that is given away free. The city of Alexandria, Virginia proposed a "Do Not Deliver" list in response to people's complaints about not being able to unsubscribe, when they hadn't subscribed in the first place. * More info at Wikipedia. This is another of the Examiner properties owned by Philip Anschutz. Anschutz's private jet was involved in a near miss with a glider some time ago and he has been on a private campaign about transponders etc. in gliders since then. I personally want to encourage transponder adoption in certain areas, for just the reasons like his incident, but my largest concern about this is the apparent lack of technical/ aviation knowledge that keeps reoccuring in these editorials. It was transponders and now it's ADS-B. I'm sure it's all a blur to them. By all means if he's concerned about this go have an investigative journalist (not editorial writer) interview experts and present the issues. I have no problem with any media company owner getting upset about something and workign to correct stuff they feel is wrong. Just get the facts straight, and be above board an honest about this. But all we've seen are sloppy editorials, and as with this article a failure to disclose the near miss involving Anschutz -- and the presumed direction from him to cover this topic. I am not sure why the SSA agreed to an interview. I would not have given an interview to anybody from any of the Examiner companies on ADS-B or transponder issues given their past coverage. While tempting as it is, it may be counterproductive to post comments on the examiner article websites trying to correct errors or educate people about gliding. It's just not a forum to have a cogent or helpful discussion. Kind of like trying to have a fancy meal at a garbage dump. I suspect what has this editorial writer pursuing ADS-B/ NextGen now was posts to previous editorials in different Examiner newspapers on transponders where glider pilots posted comments advocated ADS-B and the Miter box as a replacement for transponders. Maybe we get what we deserve. The San Francisco Examiner where I live also as a reputation for delivering unwanted/unstoppable free newspapers. A waste of energy/ resources and a blight that just mostly fills up paper recycling bins. Darryl |
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Editorial on Glider Exemption from NexGen Plans
On 7/6/2010 11:02 PM, Burt Compton - Marfa wrote:
I have been educated that . . . the Washington Examiner is a tabloid newspaper that is given away free. The city of Alexandria, Virginia proposed a "Do Not Deliver" list in response to people's complaints about not being able to unsubscribe, when they hadn't subscribed in the first place. More info at Wikipedia. The Washington Examiner is very interested in the issue of transponders on gliders, as their owner (Philip Anschutz) apparently had a near miss between his private jet and a glider a number of years ago. -- Mike Schumann |
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Editorial on Glider Exemption from NexGen Plans
On Jul 6, 2:39*pm, Mike wrote:
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op...exempt-gliders... I played it straight when the reporter called. I gave the author a lengthy interview and talked in detail about the ADS-B project. Disappointing that the only quote they used (which I don't recall, but may very well have said at the end of the interview) was the one cited. Oh, well. No good deed goes unpunished. Phil Umphres, Chairman The Soaring Society of America, Inc. |
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Editorial on Glider Exemption from NexGen Plans
On 7/8/2010 1:51 PM, Phil Umphres wrote:
On Jul 6, 2:39 pm, wrote: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op...exempt-gliders... I played it straight when the reporter called. I gave the author a lengthy interview and talked in detail about the ADS-B project. Disappointing that the only quote they used (which I don't recall, but may very well have said at the end of the interview) was the one cited. Oh, well. No good deed goes unpunished. Phil Umphres, Chairman The Soaring Society of America, Inc. So how is the ADS-B project going? Has the SSA had any serious discussions with the FAA about getting the MITRE and NAVWORX transceivers certified? Any feedback on timeframes, etc??? -- Mike Schumann |
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