Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: SOL - Memorial day

The article said it was a 2-place fixed wing ultralight. AOPA should know that there is no such thing. ALL ultralights are single-place. If nothing else they should have picked up on that.
--- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, "Cy Galley" <cgalley@...> wrote:
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> Unfortunately, The AOPA and EAA can only respond to what they get off the
> news wires. IF our ill-informed press calls it an ultralight, they have no
> way of know anything different.
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> Cy Galley; Editor - BC-Contact!
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> From: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com]
> On Behalf Of jimmyg51147
> Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 3:02 PM
> To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: SOL - Memorial day
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> Here is what I wrote to AOPA and their response. I wonder if it will get
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> Oh yah, and they are not "telephone poles" they are "utility poles" and not
> EVERY big and yellow piece of heavy equipment is a "bulldozer". GOD! the
> media is so stupid.
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> Dear Mr. Galvin,
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> Thank you for your comments. I have forwarded them to our ePublishing staff,
> which is responsible for stories on the website and in ePilot.
> With best regards,
> Chris Dancy
> Media Relations Director
> AOPA
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> ________________________________________
> From: Jimmy Galvin [mailto:james-galvin@...
> <mailto:james-galvin%40sbcglobal.net> ]
> Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 1:08 PM
> To: Dancy, Chris
> Subject: AOPA OnLine
> Statue of Liberty overflight ends with police escort
> Careless flights could jeopardize GA access to airspace
> By AOPA ePublishing staff
> An ultralight pilot received a police helicopter escort May 31 after he flew
> too close to the Statue of Liberty. According to press reports, the pilot
> came within 150 feet of the Statue of Liberty before being escorted to
> nearby Westchester County Airport in White Plains, N.Y.
> It is one thing for the New York Times to report this plane as an ultralight
> because they simply don't know any better but for you to do it is
> unforgivable. You should be ashamed of yourself.
> James P. Galvin
> AOPA #04690033
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