This year's leading contender...

[Dan Luke[_2_]]

....for the "Most Clueless Aviation Reporting" trophy:

http://www.beatricedailysun.com:80/articles/2007/07/06/news/news5.txt

[Bob Noel]

In article >,
"Dan Luke" > wrote:

> ...for the "Most Clueless Aviation Reporting" trophy:
>
> http://www.beatricedailysun.com:80/articles/2007/07/06/news/news5.txt

nah - it doesn't have the required comment about not having filed a flight plan.

I did love the bit about the annual report required soon after buying an
airplane.

--
Bob Noel
(goodness, please trim replies!!!)

[William Bruce]

"Bob Noel" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "Dan Luke" > wrote:
>
>> ...for the "Most Clueless Aviation Reporting" trophy:
>>
>> http://www.beatricedailysun.com:80/articles/2007/07/06/news/news5.txt
>
> nah - it doesn't have the required comment about not having filed a flight
> plan.
>
> I did love the bit about the annual report required soon after buying an
> airplane.
>
> --
> Bob Noel
> (goodness, please trim replies!!!)

I noticed that the Associated Press "contributed to the article." You can
halfway understand some green reporter getting it all wrong, but damn, the
AP should have some resources they could use.

[Peter Dohm]

"Dan Luke" > wrote in message
...
> ...for the "Most Clueless Aviation Reporting" trophy:
>
> http://www.beatricedailysun.com:80/articles/2007/07/06/news/news5.txt
>
>
God, I hope that one wins.

The prospect of any other winner is terrifying!

[S Green]

"Dan Luke" > wrote in message
...
> ...for the "Most Clueless Aviation Reporting" trophy:
>
> http://www.beatricedailysun.com:80/articles/2007/07/06/news/news5.txt
No where near.

No comments like "plummeted to the ground"
Seen an aircraft described as a "piston engined jet before"
No schools narrowly averted or even better no account of the pilot
struggling with the controls to avoid a school/hospital/factory* (*delete as
necessary)
How would anyone know whether the pilot was struggling with the controls
anyway?

[Ron Natalie]

Hey, TriPackers are some of my favorite airplanes,
way better than PiperClubs.

[Dan Luke[_2_]]

"S Green" wrote:

>>
>> http://www.beatricedailysun.com:80/articles/2007/07/06/news/news5.txt
> No where near.
>

Let's see your candidate.

[Tri-Pacer]

Actually I heard about this from another source that indicated that he lost
a wing. The link to another paper local to the accident is"
http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:ZXROEg8USrIJ:journalstar.com/news/nebraska/doc468c2d9e07a35419231216.txt+nebraska+tripacer+ac cident&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us

If indeed he lost a wing--pretty scary.

Cheers:

Paul
N1431A
PA-22

[Dudley Henriques[_2_]]

Ron Natalie wrote:
> Hey, TriPackers are some of my favorite airplanes,
> way better than PiperClubs.
My all time favorite from an interview with an FAA representative
talking about a pilot who got himself lost.

"The pilot said he was over some buildings that were under him"

Dudley Henriques

[Gene Seibel]

On Jul 8, 3:37 pm, "Tri-Pacer" > wrote:
> Actually I heard about this from another source that indicated that he lost
> a wing. The link to another paper local to the accident is"http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:ZXROEg8USrIJ:journalstar.com/news...
>
> If indeed he lost a wing--pretty scary.
>
> Cheers:
>
> Paul
> N1431A
> PA-22

Was flying my TriPacer cross country one day and noticed what looked
like a pencil mark on a strut. Turns out it was a crack. And there
have been the ADs on strut forks.
--
Gene Seibel
Gene & Sue's Aeroplanes - http://pad39a.com/gene/planes.html
Because we fly, we envy no one.

[C J Campbell[_1_]]

On 2007-07-07 17:41:27 -0700, "Dan Luke" > said:

> ...for the "Most Clueless Aviation Reporting" trophy:
>
> http://www.beatricedailysun.com:80/articles/2007/07/06/news/news5.txt

The Piper Tri-Packer ultralight is something everybody should fly, but
only after they get the required annual inspection right after they buy
it.

However, there is no mention of how the engine stalled, no mention of
terrorism, nothing about how no flight plan was filed. Neither is the
airplane called a 'Cessna' anywhere in the article. Nothing is said
about how the airplane fell close to a school, home where children were
playing, or anywhere else it might have hurt someone.
--
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor

[Morgans[_2_]]

"C J Campbell" <> wrote

> The Piper Tri-Packer ultralight is something everybody should fly, but
> only after they get the required annual inspection right after they buy
> it.

Man, I hate getting packed three different ways! <g>
--
Jim in NC

[Frank Barchi]

"Dan Luke" > wrote in message
...
> ...for the "Most Clueless Aviation Reporting" trophy:
>
> http://www.beatricedailysun.com:80/articles/2007/07/06/news/news5.txt
>
They forgot to mention "nobody on the ground was injured"

Frank

[Ron Natalie]

Frank Barchi wrote:
> "Dan Luke" > wrote in message
> ...
>> ...for the "Most Clueless Aviation Reporting" trophy:
>>
>> http://www.beatricedailysun.com:80/articles/2007/07/06/news/news5.txt
>>
> They forgot to mention "nobody on the ground was injured"
>
Or that no flight plan had been filed.

[Gig 601XL Builder]

Bob Noel wrote:
> In article >,
> "Dan Luke" > wrote:
>
>> ...for the "Most Clueless Aviation Reporting" trophy:
>>
>> http://www.beatricedailysun.com:80/articles/2007/07/06/news/news5.txt
>
> nah - it doesn't have the required comment about not having filed a
> flight plan.
>
> I did love the bit about the annual report required soon after buying
> an airplane.

My favorite is that it was a "Tri-Packer" built by Piper and was an
"Ultralight."

I don't really blame the reporters for the flight plan thing though. If you
read any FAA report it would be easy to think it was critical to flight.

[Gatt]

"Dan Luke" > wrote in message
...
> ...for the "Most Clueless Aviation Reporting" trophy:
>
> http://www.beatricedailysun.com:80/articles/2007/07/06/news/news5.txt

A definate candidate!

"recently bought the airplane and left the Tecumseh airport enroute to Falls
City to do the annual report required any time someone purchases a plane.

The plane, a 1959 Tri-Packer, [LOL!] was very similar to the Piper Club
airplanes.
According to the Nemaha County Sheriff's Office, Ensor's plane, believed to
be an ultralight, went down about 11:20 a.m. Wednesday near Nebraska Highway
105 west of Johnson. "


-c