"Robert Cohen" wrote in message
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> www.msnbc.com
>
> A note about Brian Williams' report because I have not yet seen a
> similar note.
>
> I regret being a paranoiac; but this stuff has always been my concern
> as a civilian observer of the phenomena.
>
> I recall birds were ingested into Electras once (or twice) causing a
> Boston disaster in the mid 1950s.
Eastern Air Lines, BOS, late 1959. There were other Electra crashes for
various reasons ("whirl mode") but only one for birds.
Jeff
>
> Since Blue Grass, I will not take such reports disinterestedly nor
> casually.
>
> Do not slough me off, because I'm older and recall more harsh reality
> f-ups than most of ye younguns.
>
> The time a plane crashed in Paulding County, I think I was driving on
> I-75 in Cobb County nearby.
>
> I think Murphy's Law happened at Blue Grass, and the NBC report says
> there are more near-misses out here at over half the U.S. airports.
>
> And they say
> it won't be solved with better technology for several more years (if
> ever).
>
> Remind myself
> to tell my wife about this latest news report
> the next time we discuss our accumulation of
> Sky Miles and plan for a dream trip.
>
>
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