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"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in
message ps.com... On May 9, 7:28 pm, "Vic Baron" wrote: Someone asked me a question and I can find no info on Google, etc - When Queen Elizabeth flies - does she have an unique aircraft similar to Air Force One? I think I have a pic of her somwhere, now let's see.. Bertie PHF (Patrick Henry Field) now goes by the clunky title of Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport (thanks to the local idiots with their Chamber of Commerce mentality). According to local lore, in 1976 it was plain old Patrick Henry Airport until the Queen flew into there for the Bicentennial pomp and ceremony similar to what we just saw. The local boys said "Hey, she's flying in from out of country! Which means that now we can legitimately rename it Patrick Henry International Airport!" That may have been the only international flight there, at least until more recent years. There apparently is no truth to the rumor that the Chamber of Commerce tried to erect a sign reading "Queen Elizabeth once landed here." I think she landed in Richmond this time, so who knows what the local boosters there will try to turn that into. |
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