REFLECTOR: OT Plane hits an apartment building in NYC

[Chuck Jensen]

On the O'Reilly Factor, Bill O'Reilly speculated that (and I quote) "the
plane fuel tanks weren't registered with the FAA so that might have been
a problem".  Then O'Reilly admitted he didn't know anything about small
planes...one of the few factual statements to come out of him for a
while.

Chuck Jensen
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org 
> [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On Behalf Of Dave Black
> Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 1:33 AM
> To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: OT Plane hits an apartment building in NYC
> 
> 
> 
> > Definitely not good PR for the GA community.  ...I just
> > hope people will understand how non-threatening a small 
> plane really 
> > is.
> 
> Unfortunately, the public at large does not have any perspective on 
> aviation. And most in the Media are just as ill-informed as 
> the public. 
> So they express their ill-informed opinions in the media.
> 
> Didn't we have an auto accident the other day where a little old lady 
> hit the accelerator instead of the brake and plowed into a 
> store? This 
> time no one was hurt, but often times in similar accidents 
> people have 
> been killed. I see this type of accident as very similar to a small 
> plane hitting a building, yet the  News Media absolutely responds to 
> them quite differently.
> 
> They give a ho-hum approach to the auto accident, yet if anything 
> involves an airplane they'll chase after it for weeks. Often 
> it'll lead 
> to stories about how unsafe our skies are, and how any pilot 
> could fly a 
> small plane into anything (so NO ONE is safe). This is 
> usually followed 
> by calls to get those Dangerous Things out of Our skies.
> 
> Dave Black
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