The day EAA and AOPA start taking their "facts" from a WSJ or any such media reporter, is the day I'd start loosing respect for them.
Wait a sec ... that day already came and went :).
I have never seen a single general media reporter get much right about light aviation. There are some reporters who themselves are pilots and do a decent job but in general they SUCK. Its scary the reports they file.
We expect more out of supposed aviation specific org media. There is no excuse for their looseness of reporting. None.
I don't see why Barry flying completely legally like a helicopter would in that area is "not" prudent. Is it more prudent to be at 1000 feet like he was 2 days before and felt he was causing a dangerous situation because he can slow down to 50 MPH while the other traffic in the corridor at that altitude is going at 100 knots?
That's when he decided that if he would fly at slow trim he would create a better safety situation to go down to the 500 feet level and fly with some helis.
His other option of course was to set his trim to fastest position and fly at 78 knots but he was interested in seeing and enjoying the view.
Abid
--- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, "dangrunloh" <dgrunloh@...> wrote:
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> --- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, "apollonorthamerica" <apollonorthamerica@> wrote:
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> > Its Official. The NY Flight Standards Office informed Barry Maggio that the matter has been put to rest and that the park police was unaware of the new rules that took effect on April 2, 2010 for trikes that allow trikes to fly like helicopters at lower altitudes than airplanes.
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> > Also they confirmed that Barry never went over any land on that island and was always on water. Park police is now aware of the new rules.
> > Abid
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> I'm also been talking to Barry and also got that info from him today. Will have photos and story in July EAA Light Plane World. Legal but perhaps not prudent. All might have been avoided if he had notified park officials of his plan.
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> The fiasco with the media comes from believing details without question because the report came from WSJ. Even the aviation media was suckered. The "intercept" is a hoot. Barry saw the then unidentified NYCPD craft behind him on his PCAS display and actually called them first.
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> Initial report blamed on a park employee who had never seen an "ultralight" flying where the helicopters are usually seen.
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> Barry said news blog posters were saying he should have been shot down
> and he was not fit to ride a bicycle let alone fly a plane. It's a feeding frenzy out there.
>
> --dan grunloh
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