Killer Bees

[Skylune[_1_]]

See article on p.1 of today's WSJ for article on killer bees making their
way under engine cowlings and into cockpits.

AOPA should "take on" the killer bees pronto!

[Maule Driver]

Haven't seen it yet. I wonder if they are really killer bees? I had a
bee swarm decide to overnight on my wingtip at Lakeland one day. Later
they moved under the cowling. Lot's of screaming about killer bees and
such (me included) but in the end, they just all flew off as did I.

Will go out and buy it. Thanks.

Skylune wrote:
> See article on p.1 of today's WSJ for article on killer bees making their
> way under engine cowlings and into cockpits.
>
> AOPA should "take on" the killer bees pronto!
>

[Skylune[_1_]]

You're welcome. The WSJ is saying that they are "Africanized Honey Bees."
I believe these are what are popularly referred to as "killer bees." The
article is entitled "Bees on a Plane are a Real-Life problem vexing some
pilots."

It is happening in the southwest.

[Greg Copeland[_1_]]

On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 13:46:53 -0400, Skylune wrote:

> You're welcome. The WSJ is saying that they are "Africanized Honey Bees."
> I believe these are what are popularly referred to as "killer bees." The
> article is entitled "Bees on a Plane are a Real-Life problem vexing some
> pilots."
>
> It is happening in the southwest.

Well thankfully, they are nowhere near as bad as snakes on a plane. ;)


Greg

[David Wright]

> Well thankfully, they are nowhere near as bad as snakes on a plane. ;)
>

Damn you for making the joke that I was planning!

Is "Snakes On A Plane" not just THE best title of a film ever? I think all
films should have titles that leave you in no doubt whatsoever about the
plot.

"The boat that sinks" was good, but not as good as "The bus that couldn't
slow down"..

:)

D.

[Kingfish]

Skylune wrote:
> See article on p.1 of today's WSJ for article on killer bees making their
> way under engine cowlings and into cockpits.
>
> AOPA should "take on" the killer bees pronto!

Unless said bees are responsible for GA aircraft slamming into homes,
then AOPA has no stand on the issue. Yet.

[Maule Driver]

Yes, Africanized Honey Bees are the 'killer bees'.

If my incident had hit the press, that's how it would have been written
up. A local beekeeper, upon seing a dead sample of my bee swarm,
indicated that they were "just plain 'ol honeybees"

My take is that the press is generally accurate with regard to reporting
an"actuality" but not necessarily accurate with the detailed reporting
of "reality". For example, I would have no doubt that bees are giving
pilots problems by swarming on planes (an actuality) but plenty of doubt
regarding the type of bee, how frequently it happens, how widespread a
problem it is etc.

Or in the case of a plane crash - all you can reasonably rely on from a
press report of a plane crash is that a plane crashed.

Of course, I haven't even read the article so... and I'm not going to
see the movie.

Skylune wrote:
> You're welcome. The WSJ is saying that they are "Africanized Honey Bees."
> I believe these are what are popularly referred to as "killer bees." The
> article is entitled "Bees on a Plane are a Real-Life problem vexing some
> pilots."
>
> It is happening in the southwest.
>

[Montblack[_1_]]

("David Wright" wrote)
> "The boat that sinks" was good, but not as good as "The bus that couldn't
> slow down".


Watch how I link the two:

One reviewer said, 'The problems with "Speed II" starts with its title -
cruise ships just aren't what one would call ...speedy.'


Montblack
Huh? Huh? Not bad, eh?

[Alan Gerber]

Maule Driver > wrote:
> Or in the case of a plane crash - all you can reasonably rely on from a
> press report of a plane crash is that a plane crashed.

I don't know that I'd even rely on that. How many reported "crashes" are
really just off-field landings?

.... Alan
--
Alan Gerber
gerber AT panix DOT com

[Grumman-581[_1_]]

On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 21:57:21 +0000 (UTC), Alan Gerber
> wrote:
> I don't know that I'd even rely on that. How many reported "crashes" are
> really just off-field landings?

They're *all* off-field landings... Just some are better than
others... Even when two planes attempt to occupy the same point in the
space time continuum, it's not a 'crash', it's a 'synchronized
landing'... <sick-grin>

[Skylune[_1_]]

In my field of endeavor, I have also had many problems with the press. It
is not limited to GA. A reporter cannot be expert in every subject (much
to Boyer's dismay, who wants articles cleared in advance!), some are
downright dishonest, some sensationalize. In general, I think they do a
pretty good job.

(Except, obviously, the NYT's and Washington Post's reporting on matters
political, where they are blinded by ideology and convinced of their
intellectual superiority to the swarming masses....)

Good luck with the killer bees!

;-)

[Skylune[_1_]]

As the AOPA has yet to take on home slamming as an issue, I wouldn't think
that killer bees causing home slamming would cause Big Phil to "take on"
the bees. I think he should take them on because they are negatively
affecting GA.

I'd love to see The Destroyer with his golf shirt and beer gut spraying
wasp killer at a swarm of killer bees flying out of a cowling.

[Newps]

Were you responding to somebody? Or just spewing?




Skylune wrote:

> As the AOPA has yet to take on home slamming as an issue, I wouldn't think
> that killer bees causing home slamming would cause Big Phil to "take on"
> the bees. I think he should take them on because they are negatively
> affecting GA.
>
> I'd love to see The Destroyer with his golf shirt and beer gut spraying
> wasp killer at a swarm of killer bees flying out of a cowling.
>

[Skylune[_1_]]

by Grumman-581 > Aug 16, 2006 at
11:45 PM


They're *all* off-field landings... Just some are better than
others... Even when two planes attempt to occupy the same point in the
space time continuum, it's not a 'crash', it's a 'synchronized
landing'... <sick-grin>

<<

Maybe call them "geosynchronous off-field landings with accompanying
pyrotechnics."

[Maule Driver]

Agreed. Nothing like being close to and knowledgeable about something
to get a better understanding of the Press's capabilities and
limitations. All in all, a very good job.

Skylune wrote:
> In my field of endeavor, I have also had many problems with the press. It
> is not limited to GA. A reporter cannot be expert in every subject (much
> to Boyer's dismay, who wants articles cleared in advance!), some are
> downright dishonest, some sensationalize. In general, I think they do a
> pretty good job.
>
> (Except, obviously, the NYT's and Washington Post's reporting on matters
> political, where they are blinded by ideology and convinced of their
> intellectual superiority to the swarming masses....)
>
> Good luck with the killer bees!
>
> ;-)
>