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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 04:57 PM Original message |
CNN Breaking News: Cessna 152 can carry 2,000lbs of explosives? Huh? |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. I realized last year during the primaries . . . |
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Snotcicles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 05:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Hey CNN my weasel holds a quart. n/t |
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AlGore-08.com (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 09:26 AM Response to Reply #1 |
61. I hope you're young... CNN has been making sh*t up for decades |
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Hobarticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
2. You Googled more info in five seconds than they did all day |
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DrDebug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
3. There's a link somewhere of a Cessna hitting a building |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 05:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. It was a kid in Tampa in 2002 |
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spooked911 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 06:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
28. Thanks for the picture! |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 09:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
38. Based on that photo |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
4. I realize it's a lost casue, but did you send your info to CNN? |
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RobertSeattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
5. Or 2000 pounds of twinkies |
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aeolian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 06:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
25. No. Only explosives. 2000 pounds of explosives weighs less than |
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spooked911 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 06:13 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. LOL! You got it! |
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wakeme2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
8. lol |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 05:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I know what you mean. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 05:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. I learned in a C140, even smaller! And a taildragger. |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 05:32 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. My feet are still "dead." |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 06:13 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. There're two kinds of taildragger pilots: |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 09:43 PM Response to Reply #27 |
36. Ooo. Love the Ryan STA. PT22's pretty cool too. |
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bill (333 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 08:42 AM Response to Reply #15 |
55. according to AVWeb.. |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 09:24 AM Response to Reply #55 |
60. Nope. 152. Video from the landing at Frederick showed nose gear. |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
9. That is sooooo funny! |
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PKG (209 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
11. To be fair, |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 05:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. G-BWNB ... interesting acronym ... george bush with no brains |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 05:29 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Max-Min speed, true. |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
12. More News! No doubt about it. MAGIC Cessna 152. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
14. I used to instruct in C150s & C152s, it is very easy to go over legal |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 05:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Every DUer should boycott the Corp, News except.. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 05:49 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. I've weaned myself from the "news" broadcasts about 90%... |
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Richard D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 05:30 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Well, maybe it had a really dangerous cargo . . . |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 05:50 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. LOL! Now -that- is conceivable! |
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libertypirate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
16. It's not news |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
17. Where are you supposed to put it? |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
22. Hey, lighten up, It's ShowBiz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
29. Also Ask CNN ...why are they reporting POSSIBLE Scenarios and not NEWS |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
30. This is so F***ING SAD |
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ariellyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
31. The bigger question is WHY. Why are they even reporting this shit? n/t |
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katinmn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 07:09 AM Response to Reply #31 |
53. They're just following Rove's orchestrated PR plan |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
32. Okay, I've been offline for a few days |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 09:49 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Nope, a Cessna flew over restricted air space in D.C. |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 09:56 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. In short: |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
33. Go to CNN's website. |
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ContraBass Black (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
34. "An average pilot is about 150lbs." |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 09:58 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. Yah, that's an FAA spec. |
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WLKjr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
35. WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU TELL SOMEONE THIS?!?!?!?!?! |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 06:56 AM Response to Reply #35 |
48. Because if Osama tries it... |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 08:50 AM Response to Reply #35 |
57. WLKjr |
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WLKjr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 06:53 PM Response to Reply #57 |
64. but still, why would you put that kind of info out there |
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VOX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-05 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
39. Now *that's* FUZZY math. "But be **VERY* afraid. Terra! Terra! Terra!" |
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dave123williams (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 02:40 AM Response to Original message |
42. If you tried to load 2000lbs in a Cessna 152, you'd crash on takeoff. |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 05:18 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. No, You'd crash into the chain link fence at the end of the runway. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 05:49 AM Response to Original message |
44. back in 1978 in San Dego a Cessna did this |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 06:59 AM Response to Reply #44 |
49. See? Cessnas are a threat to Air Force 1... |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 06:41 AM Response to Original message |
45. So, the plane could carry a bomb big enough to blow up |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 07:00 AM Response to Reply #45 |
50. Not "a" plane. "The" plane... |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 06:43 AM Response to Original message |
46. Tell it to Aliyah |
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lectrobyte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 06:55 AM Response to Original message |
47. CNN, too bad they spent all their fact-checking budget on hair gel |
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Moosepoop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 07:09 AM Response to Reply #47 |
52. At least they got the term "speed of light" right |
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fryguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 07:06 AM Response to Original message |
51. can also carry 1000, maybe 2000 lbs of potatoes |
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oneighty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
54. The plane could |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
56. Ok between this and Jon Stewart showing how they now READ BLOGS |
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Jose Diablo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
58. Hmmm, 2000 pounds? |
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AlGore-08.com (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
59. What a surprise! Wolf Blitzer was the idiot who was "interviewing" |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 09:30 AM Response to Reply #59 |
62. Sad thing is... |
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October (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
63. They can't do simple math |
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