Even stars get grounded

[Charlie]

http://www.wokr13.tv/entertainment/story.aspx?content_id=A4E8D35C-E98C-44
49-B718-22EEF76AE40A

"Movie star Morgan Freeman's flying dreams have been dealt a severe blow -
he has been grounded by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for
breaking altitude rules."

[Peter R.]

Charlie ) wrote:

> "Movie star Morgan Freeman's flying dreams have been dealt a severe blow -
> he has been grounded by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for
> breaking altitude rules."

Apparently he was never cleared for the approach in to Teterboro (NJ -
USA)?

From the article:

"And the control tower said, 'What are you doing?' And I said, 'I'm
following the approach.' They said, 'You weren't cleared for 2,000 feet,
go back up.' If you change your altitude by five hundred feet the
computer automatically catches it."



--
Peter

[Marty Ross]

[from the article...]

The actor explains, "I'm being censored by the FAA and they're going to
ground me. The hardest thing about flying is holding altitude. It's a
three-dimensional effort."

"Peter R." > wrote in message
...
> Charlie ) wrote:
>
> > "Movie star Morgan Freeman's flying dreams have been dealt a severe
blow -
> > he has been grounded by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for
> > breaking altitude rules."
>
> Apparently he was never cleared for the approach in to Teterboro (NJ -
> USA)?
>
> From the article:
>
> "And the control tower said, 'What are you doing?' And I said, 'I'm
> following the approach.' They said, 'You weren't cleared for 2,000 feet,
> go back up.' If you change your altitude by five hundred feet the
> computer automatically catches it."
>
>
>
> --
> Peter
>
>
>
>
>

[Paul Tomblin]

In a previous article, "Marty Ross" > said:
>[from the article...]
>
>The actor explains, "I'm being censored by the FAA and they're going to
>ground me. The hardest thing about flying is holding altitude. It's a
>three-dimensional effort."

Hopefully a transcription error. I think Morgan Freeman is smart enough
to say "censured" when he means "censured". I don't have similar faith in
reporters.


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[Larry Dighera]

On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 12:09:50 +0000 (UTC),
(Paul Tomblin) wrote in >::

>In a previous article, "Marty Ross" > said:
>>[from the article...]
>>
>>The actor explains, "I'm being censored by the FAA and they're going to
>>ground me. The hardest thing about flying is holding altitude. It's a
>>three-dimensional effort."
>
>Hopefully a transcription error. I think Morgan Freeman is smart enough
>to say "censured" when he means "censured".

However, descending from an assigned IFR altitude without benefit of
ATC clearance seems to have been an unfortunate oversight. He'll
learn a lot from the experience.

[Judah]

(Paul Tomblin) wrote in
:

> In a previous article, "Marty Ross" > said:
>>[from the article...]
>>
>>The actor explains, "I'm being censored by the FAA and they're going to
>>ground me. The hardest thing about flying is holding altitude. It's a
>>three-dimensional effort."
>
> Hopefully a transcription error. I think Morgan Freeman is smart
> enough to say "censured" when he means "censured". I don't have
> similar faith in reporters.


I'm guessing that the statement that the article was quoting was not from a
written source, but from an interview. I doubt while Morgan Freeman was
explaining, he spelled out his words for the interviewer...

That said, just because Morgan Freeman usually plays extremely smart
characters doesn't necessarily make him very smart himself. It's called
Acting, and it involves reading from a script. ;)

But the fact that he used the term in proper context implies that he is at
least smarter than the fellow who wrote the article (who must have had
first amendment on the brain at the time)! :)

[Paul Tomblin]

In a previous article, Judah > said:
(Paul Tomblin) wrote in
:
>> Hopefully a transcription error. I think Morgan Freeman is smart
>> enough to say "censured" when he means "censured". I don't have
>> similar faith in reporters.
>I'm guessing that the statement that the article was quoting was not from a
>written source, but from an interview. I doubt while Morgan Freeman was
>explaining, he spelled out his words for the interviewer...

Note to Judah: That's what the word "transcription" means.


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[alexy]

"Marty Ross" > wrote:

>[from the article...]
>
>The actor explains, "I'm being censored by the FAA and they're going to
>ground me. The hardest thing about flying is holding altitude. It's a
>three-dimensional effort."

That is indeed what the article said, but I doubt if the author quoted
Freeman accurately. I guess a journalist who doesn't know the
difference between being "censored" and being "censured" is probably
relegated to the entertainment press! <g>
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[alexy]

(Paul Tomblin) wrote:

>In a previous article, "Marty Ross" > said:
>>[from the article...]
>>
>>The actor explains, "I'm being censored by the FAA and they're going to
>>ground me. The hardest thing about flying is holding altitude. It's a
>>three-dimensional effort."
>
>Hopefully a transcription error. I think Morgan Freeman is smart enough
>to say "censured" when he means "censured". I don't have similar faith in
>reporters.

Whoops! Guess I should read more of the thread before replying.
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[Robert M. Gary]

I'm sure he'll just need to take an FAA ride after getting some
instruction. I'm not sure what he was flying but they probably don't
give people burning Jet-A as much flexibility to be dumb as the rest of
us. :)

-Robert


Charlie wrote:
>
http://www.wokr13.tv/entertainment/story.aspx?content_id=A4E8D35C-E98C-44
> 49-B718-22EEF76AE40A
>
> "Movie star Morgan Freeman's flying dreams have been dealt a severe
blow -
> he has been grounded by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for
> breaking altitude rules."

[Judah]

You were "hoping" it was a transcription error. I was merely pointing out
that it seemed extremely likely. Sorry to have wasted your bandwidth.

(Paul Tomblin) wrote in
:

> In a previous article, Judah > said:
(Paul Tomblin) wrote in
:
>>> Hopefully a transcription error. I think Morgan Freeman is smart
>>> enough to say "censured" when he means "censured". I don't have
>>> similar faith in reporters.
>>I'm guessing that the statement that the article was quoting was not
>>from a written source, but from an interview. I doubt while Morgan
>>Freeman was explaining, he spelled out his words for the interviewer...
>
> Note to Judah: That's what the word "transcription" means.
>
>

[gatt]

"Paul Tomblin" > wrote in message

> >The actor explains, "I'm being censored by the FAA and they're going to
> >ground me. The hardest thing about flying is holding altitude. It's a
> >three-dimensional effort."
>
> Hopefully a transcription error. I think Morgan Freeman is smart enough
> to say "censured" when he means "censured". I don't have similar faith in
> reporters.

OTOH, I'd like to hear more about his "The hardest thing about flying is
holding altitude" comment.

-c

[gatt]

"Larry Dighera" > wrote in message

> > >The hardest thing about flying is holding altitude. It's a
> >>three-dimensional effort."

> However, descending from an assigned IFR altitude without benefit of
> ATC clearance seems to have been an unfortunate oversight. He'll
> learn a lot from the experience.

Yeah, but...it's HARD holding altitude. ;>

-c

[gatt]

"alexy" > wrote in message \

> >The actor explains, "I'm being censored by the FAA and they're going to
> >ground me. The hardest thing about flying is holding altitude. It's a
> >three-dimensional effort."
>
> That is indeed what the article said, but I doubt if the author quoted
> Freeman accurately.

The author may have, and a copy editor or intern copy editor may have
"fixed" it.

[alexy]

"gatt" > wrote:

>
>"alexy" > wrote in message \
>
>> >The actor explains, "I'm being censored by the FAA and they're going to
>> >ground me. The hardest thing about flying is holding altitude. It's a
>> >three-dimensional effort."
>>
>> That is indeed what the article said, but I doubt if the author quoted
>> Freeman accurately.
>
>The author may have, and a copy editor or intern copy editor may have
>"fixed" it.
>
Good point.
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[Stefan]

gatt wrote:

> The author may have, and a copy editor or intern copy editor may have
> "fixed" it.

Or, even worse, turned the spelling checker on.

Stefan

[Marty Ross]

The "censored" part is only half of my disappointment with the article.
Morgan's purported take on the hardest part of flying is perhaps even more
unflattering. I wonder if it was purposefully taken out of context to cast
him in a "dim" [witted] light...

"alexy" > wrote in message
...
> "Marty Ross" > wrote:
>
> >[from the article...]
> >
> >The actor explains, "I'm being censored by the FAA and they're going to
> >ground me. The hardest thing about flying is holding altitude. It's a
> >three-dimensional effort."
>
> That is indeed what the article said, but I doubt if the author quoted
> Freeman accurately. I guess a journalist who doesn't know the
> difference between being "censored" and being "censured" is probably
> relegated to the entertainment press! <g>
> --
> Alex -- Replace "nospam" with "mail" to reply by email. Checked
infrequently.

[Dana M. Hague]

>> >The actor explains, "I'm being censored by the FAA and they're going to
>> >ground me. The hardest thing about flying is holding altitude. It's a
>> >three-dimensional effort."
>>
>> That is indeed what the article said, but I doubt if the author quoted
>> Freeman accurately...

Perhaps the word he actually was one the reporter felt needed to be
"censOred"? And the editor just copied the "censored" transcript?
"I'm being f**ded by the FAA..."

-Dana
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[alexy]

Dana M. Hague <d(dash)m(dash)hague(at)comcast(dot)net> wrote:

>
>>> >The actor explains, "I'm being censored by the FAA and they're going to
>>> >ground me. The hardest thing about flying is holding altitude. It's a
>>> >three-dimensional effort."
>>>
>>> That is indeed what the article said, but I doubt if the author quoted
>>> Freeman accurately...
>
>Perhaps the word he actually was one the reporter felt needed to be
>"censOred"? And the editor just copied the "censored" transcript?
>"I'm being f**ded by the FAA..."

LOL! I believe you uncovered what really happened!
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[Bush]

Easy. The Jepp drops you to 3,000, you drop to 2,000 there's a
'Systems Error', automatically caught by the Tracon. What was "Red"
flying?

Have a great one!

Bush

On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 02:58:08 GMT, Charlie >
wrote:

>http://www.wokr13.tv/entertainment/story.aspx?content_id=A4E8D35C-E98C-44
>49-B718-22EEF76AE40A
>
>"Movie star Morgan Freeman's flying dreams have been dealt a severe blow -
>he has been grounded by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for
>breaking altitude rules."