Zzzzzoom in Zzzzzero Gravity

("Rich Ahrens" wrote)
I've looped, rolled and spun everything I've ever owned or rented except
for my Flybaby and a twin Comanche.

How'd that Ercoupe spin, Unk?


Much like the designer intended is my guess.


Montblack :-)

In article , Jim Logajan says...

DABEAR wrote:
On May 11, 7:25 am, ChuckSlusarczyk
wrote:
In article .com,
DABEAR says...
On May 10, 8:38 am, ChuckSlusarczyk
wrote:
Years ago he reviewed a little homebuilt called the Capella.
Later they got on his ****list, but when he reviewed it he did
his standared "looped, rolled and spun" story. A year later, a
couple of kids (without licenses) flying a non-registered but N
number wearing 2 place tried a zoom and pull, and pulled the
wings off. We know for they read Zoom's story. Did he influence
their decision? It's likely.

Hey, Chuck...does anyone have the N Number and full type of aircraft
on this one? Or, a copy or reference (link?) to the accident
report?

I'll see if I can find it .I'm pretty sure I have the issue with his
flight report and probably also have one with the crash report.

Excellent...thanks much!

NTSB search by keyword "capella" yielded 4 hits, one of which had
fatalities and appears to be the accident in question:

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?e...11X12205&key=1

That's the one.

Chuck S

On May 13, 1:26 pm, Richard Riley wrote:
On Fri, 11 May 2007 13:39:36 -0500, Barnyard BOb

wrote:
So, what do we have...?

1. What you don't know can kill you.
2. Knowing Zoom can kill you.

Be governed accordingly!!!! ;-)

These two aren't mutually exclusive.

If the boys had known (that hot dogging could kill you, that the most
dangerous words in aviation are "Watch this!", etc) they probably
would have lived, no matter what Zoom did or wrote.

But think about it this way. Imagine someone that wrote about how
wonderfully the RV-3 zoom climbs, how much fun it is and how well the
airplane does it - when he's never done it himeslf? Would he bear any
responsibility for the people that try it and shed their wings?

That's what Campbell did here. He told the boys, and the world, that
the Capella was able to handle aerobatics that it couldn't handle. He
said he'd done it. They went out and tried it, and they died. I'm
not saying that Zoom was the only one responsible, or even that he has
primary responsibility for it. But I think he has his part.

Does anyone recall what issue he printed his evaluation of the Capella
in? Does anyone have a copy or the date of the original publication
in which he claims to have conducted these maneuvers? Also, how was
it determined that the pilot of the aircraft read Zoom's piece, or was
he just present at that party or meeting where Zoom claimed to have
conducted those maneuvers?

Any info would be helpful...

On May 13, 8:36 pm, ChuckSlusarczyk
wrote:
In article , Jim Logajan says...







DABEAR wrote:
On May 11, 7:25 am, ChuckSlusarczyk
wrote:
In article .com,
DABEAR says...
On May 10, 8:38 am, ChuckSlusarczyk
wrote:
Years ago he reviewed a little homebuilt called the Capella.
Later they got on his ****list, but when he reviewed it he did
his standared "looped, rolled and spun" story. A year later, a
couple of kids (without licenses) flying a non-registered but N
number wearing 2 place tried a zoom and pull, and pulled the
wings off. We know for they read Zoom's story. Did he influence
their decision? It's likely.

Hey, Chuck...does anyone have the N Number and full type of aircraft
on this one? Or, a copy or reference (link?) to the accident
report?

I'll see if I can find it .I'm pretty sure I have the issue with his
flight report and probably also have one with the crash report.

Excellent...thanks much!

NTSB search by keyword "capella" yielded 4 hits, one of which had
fatalities and appears to be the accident in question:

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?e...11X12205&key=1

That's the one.

Chuck S- Hide quoted text -

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Chuck:

This is Campbell's latest BIO at RRL:

~~~~~

JIM CAMPBELL
Jim Campbell, CEO of the Aero-News Network, is a 17,000 hour
commercial pilot and flight instructor, a graduate of the National
Test Pilot School and one of the most active aviation writers and test
pilots in the business. The author of 17 books and an active member of
the X Prize and Zero-G programs, Campbell has flown or evaluated over
1100 unique flying machines since his first flight some 35 years ago
(at age 13).

He is the author of 17 books on aviation topics, most notably the 1100
page SportPlane Resource Guide, the ultimate guide to SportPlane kits;
and "Air of Injustice," an exhaustive look at the FAA's persecution of
legendary Test Pilot Bob Hoover. More recently; Campbell led the news
and photography team that provided primary media pool services for the
Ansari X PRIZE competition, including most of the SpaceShipOne air-to-
air photos that were published all over the world following the three
successful suborbital flights of Burt Rutan's world-changing
spacecraft. He has also served as principal Zero-G photographer during
several hundred parabolas for the Zero-G Corporation's Zero-Gravity
flights. A graduate of the National Test Pilot School, he is the
Publisher/Editor In Chief of the Aviation World's Daily News Service,
the Aero-News Network

~~~~~

He's now indicating that he is 48 years of age though prior
information had him at 50 years of age. Do you know what his actual
age is and has there been any age limitation placed on the pilots of
the RRL that you're aware of?

"DABEAR" wrote in message
ps.com...

This is Campbell's latest BIO at RRL:

snip

a graduate of the National
Test Pilot School and one of the most active aviation writers and test
pilots in the business.

snip

A graduate of the National Test Pilot School, he is the
Publisher/Editor In Chief of the Aviation World's Daily News Service,

Did he graduate from the National Test Pilot School twice?

"Steve Foley" wrote ...
"DABEAR" wrote in message
ps.com...

This is Campbell's latest BIO at RRL:

snip

a graduate of the National
Test Pilot School and one of the most active aviation writers and test
pilots in the business.

snip

A graduate of the National Test Pilot School, he is the
Publisher/Editor In Chief of the Aviation World's Daily News Service,

Did he graduate from the National Test Pilot School twice?

Twice? He never graduated ONCE. The math involved in such a courceI would
eat him alive. I suppose its no bigger LIE to say it twice though.

Rich

On May 14, 7:48 am, "Steve Foley" wrote:
"DABEAR" wrote in message

ps.com...

This is Campbell's latest BIO at RRL:

snip

a graduate of the National
Test Pilot School and one of the most active aviation writers and test
pilots in the business.

snip

A graduate of the National Test Pilot School, he is the
Publisher/Editor In Chief of the Aviation World's Daily News Service,

Did he graduate from the National Test Pilot School twice?

He hasn't even graduated the full course once.

Zoom graduated from a one week course for Journalists, and
indoctrination per se, and not from the full course that would qualify
him to be a test pilot. He's a liar and poser who doesn't belong in
Journalism; he doesn't belong in Aerospace; frankly, he belongs in
prison considering his thirty-plus years of criminal misconduct and
misconduct in general. He has impersonated a doctor and a 747 pilot
for JAL. He has claimed to have fought alongside the Mujahideen in
Afghanistan, meaning he's fought alongside the Taliban and Al Qaeda.
He has claimed to have flown mercy flights in Africa shortly after
interviewing someone who actually did. He claimed to have been in
Vietnam and 1) having witnessed the My Lai massacre and 2) having been
wounded and having status as a "Purple Heart" Vietnam Veteran and 3)
either protected by or pursued by the CIA for his knowledge of My
Lai. In SE-4661, Langhorne Bond and the FAA vs James R. Campbell,
posted at:

http://www.ousterhout.net/zoom/se-4661.txt

and reviewed (explained) for the Zoom Challenged (those not knowing
him) at: http://www.ousterhout.net/zoom/rjw-4661.html

and one should read the entire site at: http://www.ousterhout.net/zoom.html

(Ousterhout, Wanttaja and the late Anthony Pucillo are three serious
Zoom experts with the documentation on this guy...over twenty years of
it outlining Campbell's crimes and degredations against others...)

....Zoom acknowledged to Federal investigators not ever having been in
Vietnam, a matter of Public Record, and the only wounds he claimed he
had ever received were from having been attacked by a "tree."

Zoom further made the claim in his bio and RRL bio in particular that
he had flown "and" evaluated some 1,100 types of aircraft since the
age of thirteen. When my publications raised the question, "Who cares
what a thirteen year old boy's evaluation of an aircraft is three
years before he is legal to have a pilot's license," Zoom changed his
bio to read flown "or" evaluated. He got caught in a lie, makes the
change, and his superiors allow this and do nothing against him,
lending credibility to an individual who already has none. Lending
credibility to their own lies and protecting themselves. Aiding and
abetting Zoom for their personal gain and vice versa, as Zoom runs a
"bought" Press that deals out nothing but positive press for his
friends, and vice-versa in their regards towards him, as evidenced by
his Zero G flight recently.

....and yes, he damned well WAS onboard; I was in the hospital here in
Dallas with heart problems and saw him on NBC/MSNBC posing with
everyone and Hawking on the flight. Diamandis and his fraud known as
the RRL keep rewarding this clown for his misconduct to further their
own goals in fraud that makes Zoom pale in comparison.

Note if you go to the RRL site, there has been no response to the
claim by an RRL Team of business ethics that do not jive with the
Team's, so the Team has quit the RRL and the Team owner was critical
on the way out. That's a major red warning flag and only Space.Com
carries it?

For all it's worth, Zoom wasn't the only poser there. Diamandis is
gaining knowledge and experience from Zoom's ways on a daily basis. I
don't think he ever left Hawking's side and seemed attached there like
a Siamese Twin. As if Hawking doesn't have enough troubles of his
own.

All in all, impersonation is Zoom's life, so it's not too far a
stretch that he's impersonating not only a Journalist at this point in
his life, but a Test pilot as well. As for Zoom's writings, all are
worthless in that he has lied to his readers about himself and
others. He has made false statements to law enforcement against
others. He has slandered and libelled without regard for the truth;
only to save his worthless self.

Journalists are not allowed to lie. That's what "Dooms Zoom" and his
impersonation of a Journalist. Those aiding and abetting this
individual and his continuing crimes have no excuse and are liable for
his criminal misconduct directed against others while he was, is and
remains working as part of their "Team." This includes Zero G, RRL
and X Prize Foundation...as they are about to find out.

"DABEAR" wrote in message
He's a liar and poser who doesn't belong in
Journalism;

He couldn't be. If he went to the National Test Pilot School, he must be

"committed to unbiased truth and excellance"

see:
http://www.ntps.com/HTML/Mission/

(sorry for continuing this thread, I just find that quote somewhat ironic)

Rich Ahrens wrote:

Barnyard BOb wrote:

I've looped, rolled and spun everything I've ever owned
or rented except for my Flybaby and a twin Comanche.

How'd that Ercoupe spin, Unk?
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Sh*t.....
Is it too late to add to the Flybaby, twin Comanche list?

P.S.
Did I leave anything else out? :-)


- Barnyard BOb -

DABEAR, I have no cause to doubt anything you say, except that you have been
alluding to some great comeuppance for Zoom for a long time, and so far
nothing has come of it. Perhaps it would be better to merely express the
wish for such an occurance as it doesn't look like it's forthcoming.



"DABEAR" wrote in message remains working as
part of their "Team." This includes Zero G, RRL
and X Prize Foundation...as they are about to find out.