Who says the press gets av. stories wrong?

[Brett Hull]

Those Earth-Scoops should be immediately grounded by the FAA. They don't even have rudder pedals fer chrissakes!

http://www.nbc13.com/news/7811236/detail.html

 

[doug_or]

had to check the URL to make sure that one was for real!

 

[paulsalem]

What a dumb ass, we shoud all email the guy. Nothing like some good investigative journalist.

I swear if any member of the press wanted to ask me about anything aviation related. All I'm going to say is "Airplanes is the devil!"

 

[girlsandbeer]

im guessing it was an ercoupe and he just heard it wrong, tard.......

 

[A Squared]

im guessing it was an ercoupe and he just heard it wrong, tard.......

Wow! Ya Think? I mean; no, really? you actually think that a reporter turned ercoupe into "Earth Scoop"?

Ummmmmm.......I think actually, that was the point of the post, "tard".

 

[Brett Hull]

im guessing it was an ercoupe and he just heard it wrong, tard.......

Nothing gets by you.

 

[MFRskyknight]

Earth-Scoop?! Hahaha!!!

To the reporter's credit, though, it sounds like the plane lived up to the name he gave it.

MFR

 

[Yellowbird]

Spell chekc strikes again.

 

[BRIGADEAVIATOR]

HA HA here is a short email i wrote to them:

I was just wondering what type of morons you have working for your organization. Not only do they get the facts incorrect (1948 Earth-scoop), but here's a free tip "spell check." I invite your company to visit the following link:
http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsitems/2005/051202studio.html
Hopefully in the future you will contact AOPA about any aviaiton related new stories so that you get information from a credible source, and not some ill informed rookie.

Sincerely,
A discouraged viewer

 

[aucfi]

They could have reported a H2 Hummer had crashed shortly after takeoff and the vast 99% of the un-aviation oriented public would believe it.