Twentieth Annual Captain Zoom April First Parody Press Release.

In article , Richard Riley says...
No, Bob, check the date. It's for real.

Apparently he's gotten some people to believe he's setting up his
"Aero-Fest" at Horace Williams airport.

It's going to be interesting, once he starts stiffing a few people and
getting the local PD ****ed. The legal system in NC is VERY different
from FL.

I'd like to see him tangle with some of those good ol boys LOL!! Wonder who he
scamed this time?

Chuck S RAH 14/1 ret

In article .com, olympusE1
says...
See for yourself:http://evilurl.com/anallips

...interesting that in his rant he claims to be living at an airpark,
["In the meantime, though, we've got great new digs that put us right
on a lovely little airpark a ways up North, with a great home office,
a nice big hangar right outside the door."] but when i google earth'd
the address hitlaw provided it is nowhere near an airport. it's near
the I-40/NC-54 interchange.

as for the cash to buy the house, the glasair and all the rest, my
guess is someone died and left him the money.

Probably living in his VW Bus and parking under the overpass.Anyone have the N
number of the Glasair?

Chuck S

"ChuckSlusarczyk" wrote in message

Might even throw in a fifth of Muzzle Loader for good measure.LOL!!

Chuck S RAH 14-1 /ret


Please throw it gently. I understand it's somewhat explosive g

On Mon, 2 Apr 2007 10:43:45 -0700, "Lee McGee" wrote:

Check it out with an open mind? Really it is not a bad website. The site
could use some editing of Jim Campbell's overly-zealous writing style
however... just an opinion.

I respect your opinion, Lee, but the issue for some of us is journalistic
ethics. For example, Campbell wrote a slam piece on a person without
identifying that person as his ex-fiance. And denied the relationship, when
confronted about it in this newsgroup.

Sure, this happened about 13 years ago. But what's to keep it from happening
again? More to the point, how would one *know*?

Is Campbell's continued negative editorial stance against Chuck and CGS the
product of a continual stream of dissatisfied customers, or is that Campbell has
lost all editorial neutrality, where Chuck and CGS is concerned? Is Campbell
supporting the Rocket Racing League through a serious belief in its benefit of
aviation, or because he's slated to fly one of the rockets? Or because of the
"exclusive" coverage ANN is granted?

Again, how do we know?

Ron Wanttaja

"ChuckSlusarczyk" wrote

I haven't heard any real SnF ranting yet .But my $100.00 reward for anyone
who
sees zoom or his plane at SnF and tells me where it is and we catch him
still
stands .Might even throw in a fifth of Muzzle Loader for good
measure.LOL!!

A whole fifth of M.L, all at one place, in one bottle?

Surely, that must be illegal, or at least demand hazardous materials storage
procedures to become active!
--
Jim in NC

On Apr 2, 12:05 pm, Ron Wanttaja wrote:
On Mon, 2 Apr 2007 10:43:45 -0700, "Lee McGee" wrote:
Check it out with an open mind? Really it is not a bad website. The site
could use some editing of Jim Campbell's overly-zealous writing style
however... just an opinion.

I respect your opinion, Lee, but the issue for some of us is journalistic
ethics. For example, Campbell wrote a slam piece on a person without
identifying that person as his ex-fiance. And denied the relationship, when
confronted about it in this newsgroup.

Sure, this happened about 13 years ago. But what's to keep it from happening
again? More to the point, how would one *know*?

Is Campbell's continued negative editorial stance against Chuck and CGS the
product of a continual stream of dissatisfied customers, or is that Campbell has
lost all editorial neutrality, where Chuck and CGS is concerned? Is Campbell
supporting the Rocket Racing League through a serious belief in its benefit of
aviation, or because he's slated to fly one of the rockets? Or because of the
"exclusive" coverage ANN is granted?

Again, how do we know?

Ron Wanttaja

too, he is litigiously involved with an airframe manufacturer whom he
claims, in his april fool rant, has been adopted by angelina jolie.
while that part of the "article" might conceivably be mistaken for an
attempt at humor, "quoting" jolie as having said "the XL2 was even
given a 'Highly Recommended' review by ANN Publisher Jim Campbell
following a 2002 flight test -- the company fell into a troubled state
of affairs in recent years following a series of missed production and
certification deadlines" isn't funny at all, nor is it meant to be.

so, given that it appeared in the april fool rant, are we then to
assume that liberty is doing just fine and dandy, or is the whole
exercise a cheap shot buried amidst other sad attempts at "humor," at
the other side in the lawsuit that you, as writer, editor and
publisher, are involved with?

you decide.

then there's chuck and sun&fun, two areas where his lack of even the
most basic standards of journalistic integrity is nothing short of
astounding.

as for his writing style... let me know when he buys one.

....and never forget his pet rat.

I'd like to see him tangle with some of those good ol boys LOL!! Wonder
who he
scamed this time?

Chuck S RAH 14/1 ret

He won't tangle with the good ol boys more than once. They'll just shoot
his ass.

I'm only about half kidding. About a half of the pick-ups you see on the
road are carrying concealed, or not concealed, legally, or illegally.

For people passing through, if somebody cuts you off, or ****es you off,
don't honk your horn at them. The next sound you may hear is shots being
fired.

Sad, but not far from accurate.
--
Jim in NC

On Apr 2, 12:43 pm, "Lee McGee" wrote:
It is actually a pretty good website.

Specifically, http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfmis the index of news part
of the site and there is a good list of "funny" aviation related April Fools
articles under the 2007/04/01 section.

Some funny stuff there, and if you check the rest of the index, the site and
its incoming news have been updated often in past 3 days. It is not easy
to make a good internet site and keep it up to date, they have done good
work on this. The update pace seems similar to Avweb.

I remember the Zoom usenet wars since the mid 1990s like they were
yesterday. It is a new millenium.

Check it out with an open mind? Really it is not a bad website. The site
could use some editing of Jim Campbell's overly-zealous writing style
however... just an opinion.

Lee McGee
Mount Aukum, California

Lee,

I put it into the same category that I now put the 60-Minutes TV News
Magazine into after finding out that they faked the story on the AUDI
some years back and then did a similar job on the Chevy Pickup Truck.
Every story they do now must be questioned as to rather it is real or
contrived. The same is true for ANN and Jim Campbell, I don't trust
anything printed on that web site because I can never be certain that
it is factual.

In article om, BobR says...


I put it into the same category that I now put the 60-Minutes TV News
Magazine into after finding out that they faked the story on the AUDI
some years back and then did a similar job on the Chevy Pickup Truck.
Every story they do now must be questioned as to rather it is real or
contrived. The same is true for ANN and Jim Campbell, I don't trust
anything printed on that web site because I can never be certain that
it is factual.


Same for me ,my beef with zoom started with his lack of credibility on what he
wrote and claimed. As I always said "Credibility it was always about
credibility".

Chuck S RAH-14/1 ret

In article , Morgans says...


"ChuckSlusarczyk" wrote

I haven't heard any real SnF ranting yet .But my $100.00 reward for anyone
who
sees zoom or his plane at SnF and tells me where it is and we catch him
still
stands .Might even throw in a fifth of Muzzle Loader for good
measure.LOL!!

A whole fifth of M.L, all at one place, in one bottle?

Surely, that must be illegal, or at least demand hazardous materials storage
procedures to become active!

I'm always real,real careful :-)

Chuck S