Nicknames: Gooney Bird; Super DC-3 (R4D-8); Skytrooper; Biscuit Bomber;
Tabby (NATO code name for the Showa L2D); Cab (NATO code name for Lisunov
Li-2); Dumbo (SC-47 Search-and Rescue variant); Sister Gabby/Bull****
Bomber (EC-47 dispensing propaganda-leaflets in Vietnam); Spooky/Puff the
Magic Dragon (AC-47 Gunship); Dowager Dutchess; Old Methuselah; The Placid
Plodder; Dizzy Three; Old Bucket Seats; Duck; Dak; Dakleton (South African
C-47s which replaced their Avro Shackletons), Vomit Comet (Nickname used
by US Army paratroops during the Normandy invasion.)

Wow, Jim -- where'd you find all those?

Or did you just *know* them?

[BTW: You're probably wondering why completion of your "Apollo Suite" got
bumped behind the Cub Suite. As with most of these things, it's a long
story.

First we were going to make Suite 101 the Apollo, but then (as you may
recall) we had a long-term guest book it for, like, four months. Then,
when she left, we realized that putting the Apollo Suite directly across the
hall from the "Stearman Suite" wouldn't work in the hallways, thematically.
Ya just can't go from the 1930s biplanes to the 1960s lunar module in one
step.

Then we realized that we had so much Apollo artwork and memorabilia (thanks
to you, and others), that it simply wouldn't all fit in that suite. And
then (!), we realized that our wall-sized Apollo mural wouldn't work in that
suite, cuz it has 12 foot ceilings!

So, we then wanted to make the 2-bedroom Suite 434 into the Apollo Suite,
but it needs new carpet, blah, blah, blah. And we didn't want to put the
Apollo stuff where the Cub Suite is now, cuz it's a standard-tub suite, and
we want the Apollo Suite to have a hot tub in it.

Long story short -- it's up next, and it's going to be a hot tub suite!]
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"