"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
ups.com...
Using the word crash would miss the sensationalism. Gotta use the word
"slams". Comes from a special journalist's thesauruses.

The journalists around Oregon were calling the guy a hero within an hour of
the crash. Give 'em a break.

I should also point out that, once footage of the crash taken from the
airshow came in, the Channel 8 News cut to their weatherman for comment.
Turns out he's a commercial pilot of 20 years as well, so he went through
the whole Minimum Controllable Airspeed discussion (wings wobbling on
takeoff, increasing angle of attack while descending)...

In this case, the local media did a very good job.

-c