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Sure is irritating to listen to the media report the crash of a Blue
Angels F/A-18 at MCAS Beaufort. The more they ramble the more anyone with any aviation background recognizes these folks haven't a clue. For example; who went down? Well let's see the aircraft are numbered 1 thru 6. Which one isn't on the flightline? Also either Fox or CNN couldn't decide whether or not one of the pilots might have been a woman. Believe the Blue Angels home page could answer that really quickly. Where do they hire these idiots? ACC USN ret. NKX, BIKF, NAB, CV-63, NIR 67-69 69-71 71-74 77-80 80-85 & 74-77 Founder: RAMN (rec.aviation.military.naval) |
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"Jim" wrote in message ... snip Where do they hire these idiots? to quote lyrics from Don Henley's "Dirty Laundry" "I could've been an actor, but I wound up here, I just have to look good, I don't have to be clear, Come and whisper in my ear, We need dirty laundry. Here comes the bubble headed bleach blonde, She can tell you 'bout the plane crash, with a gleam in her eye" |
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Jim wrote:
Sure is irritating to listen to the media report the crash of a Blue Angels F/A-18 at MCAS Beaufort. Yeah, funny things happen when newsies have to get stuff together in a hurry. CNN is quoting a source as saying that the F/A-18 can go in excess of 450 MPH. Well, that's correct, but... -- LTJG John Miller Co-founder, Pensacola Press Club (in 1973 or so) |
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In the previous article, Jim wrote: The more they ramble the more anyone with any aviation background recognizes these folks haven't a clue. For example; who went down? Well let's see the aircraft are numbered 1 thru 6. Which one isn't on the flightline? I heard the Fox guy WHO HAS FLOWN WITH THEM say they do airshow maneuvers in excess of Mach 1. Yeah, okay. And the CNN website has been saying all day that the last crash involving the Blues was in 1999. (It was, in fact, in 2004.) And other assorted boneheaded errors that could have been resolved by going to any credible source. Like, say, Wikipedia. Also either Fox or CNN couldn't decide whether or not one of the pilots might have been a woman. Believe the Blue Angels home page could answer that really quickly. To be fair to Fox, one of the female correspondents asked the guy doing the actual reporting whether there were women (because he kept saying things like "these men") and he said, No, not at the moment there aren't. And in fairness to both Fox and CNN and others who didn't have basic info that could be gotten from www.blueangels.navy.mil, that page has been getting *slammed* since the story broke. Seeing as it is being served up by Microsoft web servers (according to Netcraft), it's no surprise that a high load has brought the service to its knees. I don't believe there has ever been a female Blue Angel pilot. (One of their MOs is a woman, and they have lots of female enlisted.) I think the first female Hornet pilots are just getting senior enough that they're being looked at for those billets now. -- _+_ From the catapult of |If anyone disagrees with any statement I make, I _|70|___=}- J.D. Baldwin |am quite prepared not only to retract it, but also \ / |to deny under oath that I ever made it. -T. Lehrer ***~~~~----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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J.D. Baldwin wrote:
I don't believe there has ever been a female Blue Angel pilot. (One of their MOs is a woman, and they have lots of female enlisted.) I think the first female Hornet pilots are just getting senior enough that they're being looked at for those billets now. Currently the T-Birds #3 is a female major. Back in 2001 Canadian Snowbirds had a female as well. ACC USN ret. NKX, BIKF, NAB, CV-63, NIR 67-69 69-71 71-74 77-80 80-85 & 74-77 Founder: RAMN (rec.aviation.military.naval) |
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I wrote, quoting Jim : The more they ramble the more anyone with any aviation background recognizes these folks haven't a clue. For example; who went down? Well let's see the aircraft are numbered 1 thru 6. Which one isn't on the flightline? I heard the Fox guy WHO HAS FLOWN WITH THEM say they do airshow maneuvers in excess of Mach 1. Yeah, okay. And the CNN website has been saying all day that the last crash involving the Blues was in 1999. (It was, in fact, in 2004.) This morning, CNN's caption noted that a "Blue Angels stunt plane" had crashed. "Haven't a clue" seems a pretty mild way to put it. -- _+_ From the catapult of |If anyone disagrees with any statement I make, I _|70|___=}- J.D. Baldwin |am quite prepared not only to retract it, but also \ / |to deny under oath that I ever made it. -T. Lehrer ***~~~~----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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On Apr 21, 3:50 pm, Jim wrote:
Sure is irritating to listen to the media report the crash of a Blue Angels F/A-18 at MCAS Beaufort. The more they ramble the more anyone with any aviation background recognizes these folks haven't a clue. For example; who went down? Well let's see the aircraft are numbered 1 thru 6. Which one isn't on the flightline? Also either Fox or CNN couldn't decide whether or not one of the pilots might have been a woman. Believe the Blue Angels home page could answer that really quickly. Where do they hire these idiots? ACC USN ret. NKX, BIKF, NAB, CV-63, NIR 67-69 69-71 71-74 77-80 80-85 & 74-77 Founder: RAMN (rec.aviation.military.naval) The military has been protecting idiot civilians for eons. For a group that pays for their military, you would think they would want to know more but they are comfy with their latte's and laptops. |
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"qui si parla Campagnolo" wrote in message oups.com... On Apr 21, 3:50 pm, Jim wrote: Sure is irritating to listen to the media report the crash of a Blue Angels F/A-18 at MCAS Beaufort. The more they ramble the more anyone with any aviation background recognizes these folks haven't a clue. For example; who went down? Well let's see the aircraft are numbered 1 thru 6. Which one isn't on the flightline? Also either Fox or CNN couldn't decide whether or not one of the pilots might have been a woman. Believe the Blue Angels home page could answer that really quickly. Where do they hire these idiots? Evidently from acting schools, not journalism classes. Katie Couric, the sweetheart of CBS news (who seems like a really nice woman, just not a particularly smart one), lost me forever when she exclaimed as 7X7 number two hit the tower two, "Don't those airplanes have navigation systems?!?" This is the Tiffany network's news anchor, handsomely compensated to the tune of $15M a year. R / John ACC USN ret. NKX, BIKF, NAB, CV-63, NIR 67-69 69-71 71-74 77-80 80-85 & 74-77 Founder: RAMN (rec.aviation.military.naval) The military has been protecting idiot civilians for eons. For a group that pays for their military, you would think they would want to know more but they are comfy with their latte's and laptops. |
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You should never expect much from television anchors. They may have been
reporters once, but that was a long time ago. They mostly just read stuff. The problem is exacerbated by the fact that they're generalists, not specialists, so they know practically nothing about everything, and nothing about anything in specific. Even if they have military experts on staff, those people might not have the knowledge that is needed for a specific story--for instance, they might have been an embed with a Marine unit for months and understand the USMC, but know nothing about aviation. I think you should expect more from print journalists. If they get stuff wrong, it's sloppiness or laziness and has less to do with the nature of the business they work in. D |
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On Apr 22, 4:28�am, (J.D. Baldwin)
wrote: I wrote, quoting Jim : The more they ramble the more anyone with any aviation background recognizes these folks haven't a clue. *For example; who went down? Well let's see the aircraft are numbered 1 thru 6. *Which one isn't on the flightline? I heard the Fox guy WHO HAS FLOWN WITH THEM say they do airshow maneuvers in excess of Mach 1. *Yeah, okay. And the CNN website has been saying all day that the last crash involving the Blues was in 1999. *(It was, in fact, in 2004.) This morning, CNN's caption noted that a "Blue Angels stunt plane" had crashed. *"Haven't a clue" seems a pretty mild way to put it. That the military precision flying teams/planes/pilots are considered "stunts" by the general media has unfortunately been around for ... just about forever ... it seems. MW |
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