"Well, Fred, you knew the job was dangerous when you took
it."
That line from the Jay Ward cartoon, "Super Chicken," rings in my
ears this week as the aviation community gears up for the Sun 'N
Fun Fly-In at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport (FL). While a lot of
us look forward to the event, I cringe. Because Jim Campbell, my
publisher, is once again at war with Sun 'N Fun.
"There's a pretty good dent right under the rudder. They're
working on it now. I think this plane is going to be on the ground
for awhile."
Source: WINK-TV photojournalist Darren Whitehead,
describing the damage to a US Airways 737 that was parked at the
terminal of Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers
(FL) early Tuesday. Winds clocked at 58 miles an hour pushed the
aircraft into the terminal jet ramp, damaging the empennage and one
wing. No one was hurt.
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