The Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport has a Mickey Leland
International Airlines Building.  Mickey, Congressman from Houston, died in
an airplane crash in Ethiopia in 1989.

Jack

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From:   Stigers, Greg [And] [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent:   Tuesday, October 24, 2000 11:01 AM
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Subject:        Re: Will Rogers [Was: Al Gore ...]

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The Will Rogers World Airport in OKC is the only airport in the world named
for someone who died in a plane crash. In this ironic vein, I regularly use,
as an example of a failed IT project, the "Amelia Earhart" baggage handling
system at the Boulder Colorado airport.

But the first statement is not quite true. OKC also boasts the Wiley Post
Airport, which relieves business and corporate traffic from Will Rogers
World Airport http://www.flyokc.com/w.r.w.a/wileypostairport.html. And, not
to be outdone, Barrow, AK boasts the Wiley Post - Will Rogers Memorial (!)
Airport http://www.airnav.com/airport/brw.

And we thought HP marketing was bad.

I'll be having lunch at the "Heimlich All-You-Can-Eat Buffet", "Big Meaty
Portions Our Speciality", "Be Sure to Bring a Friend", "Maneuver On Over to
the Heimlich".

Greg Stigers
http://www.cgiusa.com
Wiley Post was the pilot who died with Will Rogers,
and an otherwise remarkable individual in his own right

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From: Gary Sielaff [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 4:16 PM
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Subject: Re: Will Rogers [Was: Al Gore ...]

Also, very interesting as to how he met his fate.
Gary