Re: [NSW] Transport Reporting Terrorgraph

["tony bailey" <mercuryworldtvl@one.net.au>]

ABC Radio News also got the ferry type wrong in what is a continuing effort
to NOT know anything about things technical - including a report a week or
two ago describing our F111s as "fighters". (They were probably confused by
the "F"!)

And of course most of them can not tell one wide body civil aircraft from
another if it is not a 747 - and even than have problems with the mark.

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Tony Bailey
Mercury World Travel
Mercury Travel Books
mercuryworldtvl@one.net.au
"David Bennetts" <davibenn@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
news:LZ9u6.17$R.351@ozemail.com.au...
> A little off topic, I know, but when will Rupert's papers get their
> transport reporting a little more accurate?  Sydney Ferries had another
> embarrassing slip-up yesterday when the Susie O'Neill ran up on the rocks,
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> sequel to the Manly Ferry Collaroy's exploits of a few weeks back.
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> As the Terrorgraph is incapable of distinguish between XPT and Xplorer
> trains, they also don't have a clue about ferries, describing the Susie
> O'Neill as a jetcat.
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> Jetcats, although relatively new, are being phased out in favour of
> Supercats, which employ conventional propellor technology.  As with the
> hydrofoils preceding them, the jetcats have proved very troublesome in
> operation.  I believe debris ingested in the propulsion system has been a
> major problem.  Susie O'Neill, only launched late last year, is the second
> Supercat.
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> Although cause of this collision would be pure speculation at this early
> stage, I would hope that this new class of ferry proves to be more
> successful in service than the hydrofoils and jetcats.
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> regards
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> David Bennetts
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