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From: wanttaja@ssc-vax.UUCP (Ronald J Wanttaja)
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Re: Falcon-Piper Crash Over New Jersey
Message-ID: <363@ssc-vax.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 12-Nov-85 18:12:01 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 12 18:12:01 1985
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> This is being written only a few hours after the crash, and only after
> hearing television reports plus being familiar with the area. Apparently a
> Piper Cherokee hit a Dassault Falcon 50 bizjet nearly headon, both planes
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Another little thing we have to be careful about.  Admittedly, in a head-on
case it may be moot, but stating the situation this way implies the Piper
was at fault.

One thing that really pisses me off, is this is exactly the way the media
presents the happening.  The San Diego PSA/172 midair is a classic example
of this problem... in fact a recent Popular Mechanics article says:

"... a small Cessna rammed a PSA 727..." (not exact quote).

How does a 120 kt Cessna ram a 727 at 200+?  And actually, in this case,
the 172 was hit from behind!  Popular Mechanics must think the 172 backed
into the airliner!

I don't mean to flame the original poster, but am just emphasising the
points he made about how we, the General Aviation public, must take care of
what little image we have left...

					      Ron Wanttaja
					      (ssc-vax!wanttaja)