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

Gary,

Another good question:
do Cessna's have retractable landing gear.
We already know that light sport aircraft do not have retractable landing gear.

Typical of almost all news reporting.

R. Williams

---------- Original Message -----------
From: "Gary Orpe" <garyo@bak.rr.com>
To: <Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 14:50:32 -0700
Subject: RE: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: SOL - Memorial day

> well here we go again today. AOPA is getting into the jet business I
> suppose... Here is part of a quote in today's articles:
>
> "A private pilot landed his Cessna light aircraft on its belly.."
>
> are we now calling all Cessna, a light sport? Seems the inference is there.
> They should know better and hire pilots to write these things, not news
> reporters.
>
> Gary O.
> "Mitfield"
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com]
> On Behalf Of jimmyg51147
> Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 1:02 PM
> To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: SOL - Memorial day
>
> Here is what I wrote to AOPA and their response. I wonder if it will
> get anywhere.
>
> 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.
>
> Dear Mr. Galvin,
>
> 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
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Jimmy Galvin [mailto:james-galvin@sbcglobal.net
> <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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