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MikeD · August 24th, 2004, 00:16

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The media is notorious for screwing up facts whenever it pertains to Aviation...

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The media is notorious for screwing up facts whenever it pertains to ANYTHING!

Such a tragedy, really hate to see these happen. It worries me at times, because in the daytime I have trouble picking up a/c, even when ATC gives me a position for them.

One thing I like about night flying is it's a bit easier to pick up traffic.

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Following the midair collision of a BE-99 and a Rockwell 114 near San Lusi Obispo in the 1980s, a local news station was at the local airport as their background. They reported that the Rockwell crew was on an instrument training flight, and that the crew was practicing "flying blind". The camera then pans over to a parked Mooney and shows it sitting with it's silver sun shades in the window.......all part of the "flying blind" gig.

Dumb blonde reporter. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif[/img]

August 24th, 2004, 00:16	#11
MikeD Administrator Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Pinal Airpark Posts: 6,897	Re: Socal Mid-Air - Picture [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] The media is notorious for screwing up facts whenever it pertains to Aviation... [/ QUOTE ] The media is notorious for screwing up facts whenever it pertains to ANYTHING! Such a tragedy, really hate to see these happen. It worries me at times, because in the daytime I have trouble picking up a/c, even when ATC gives me a position for them. One thing I like about night flying is it's a bit easier to pick up traffic. [/ QUOTE ] Following the midair collision of a BE-99 and a Rockwell 114 near San Lusi Obispo in the 1980s, a local news station was at the local airport as their background. They reported that the Rockwell crew was on an instrument training flight, and that the crew was practicing "flying blind". The camera then pans over to a parked Mooney and shows it sitting with it's silver sun shades in the window.......all part of the "flying blind" gig. Dumb blonde reporter. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif[/img]