Talk:1974 White House helicopter incident

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message: From: Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport "For decades it was called Washington National Airport before being renamed to honor President Ronald Reagan in 1998."
Should the article mention this or use "Washington National Airport" instead, as the naming for President Reagan came 24 years later?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.98.18.157 (talk) 01:16, 22 February 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes i think so! Added the historical name. kind regards, Saschaporsche (talk) 09:28, 22 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Ronald Reagan National Airport

message: What happened to Preston? Drutt (talk) 18:13, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: In a plea bargain, he pled guilty to "wrongful appropriation and breach of the peace," and was sentenced to 1 year in prison and fined $2,400. This amounted to a six-month sentence, since he had already been in prison for six months at the time. (Source: New York Times, Aug 27, 1974, p. 20 and Aug 30, 1974, p. 10.) I didn't find any other follow-up beyond that. Mahousu (talk) 02:57, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: That should be added to the article. Kingturtle = (talk) 03:23, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  This month's issue of Air & Space says he died of cancer in 2009... Check-Six (talk) 00:59, 26 March 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: He was charged with "wrongful appropriation " because stealing or theft requires the person to intend to keep the taken item.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.149.172.203 (talk) 12:04, 17 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Preston

message: I have some serious reservations about using a "digitally recreated" image in the info box, or any where on the page, even with a disclaimer stating its false nature. It seems disingenuous to use a faked image to portray the events in an encyclopedia. If no fair use image of the actual event can be found or used, then an image of Preston, a Huey, or the White House's south lawn would serve as a reasonable substitute. --Mikaka (talk) 22:22, 27 February 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I had doubts about using the image, and since you raised this issue, I've change it to a more generic Bell UH-1 image. L293D (☎ • ✎) 20:18, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Digitally recreated' image in info box 

message: "At 12:56 a.m., a controller at the Washington National Airport noticed a blip on his radar scope;"  
changed to  
"At 12:56 a.m., an air traffic controller at Washington National Airport noticed a blip on his radar scope;"  
Changing 'controller' to 'air traffic controller' w/ link at its first mention. Also removing 'the' in front of the named airport. Thoughts? ~City (talk) 12:51, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: No, good idea. L293D (☎ • ✎) 13:53, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  'Controller' to 'air traffic controller' 

message: The photo selection in this article could use improvement, particularly in removing extraneous ones.  A picture of the actual Huey used appears in the article body, so clearly photos of it are available.  Why, then, does the infobox bother with a picture of a "similar" helicopter?  Surely there are pix of JetRangers more closely related to this incident than a Los Angeles machine. --Piledhigheranddeeper (talk) 15:51, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: because one photo is used doesn't mean there are better public domain images available. There are several images that could be way better and relevant than the current one, but unfortunately they're not freely licensed. I did review all the commons images for hueys, and this is the best one I got. At the air&Space article that I use as a reference in the article, they have several high-resolution images. Do you think I could claim fair use on one of them? If there's consensus for that, it would be great. The picture of the actual helicopter was free, because it was taken by the FAA, a US gov organisation, but I thought the angle wasn't great. L293D (☎ • ✎) 16:06, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  photos