NOTAM

"Big John" wrote in message
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C.J.

Hoax, Hoax, Hoax

Just called long distance and talked to secretary of Marynoll R.C
Club. As of yesterday (Labor day) nothing like posted has happened.


Uh, John? I wrote it myself ... it was meant to be satirical. I thought it
was rather obvious.

Marymoor Park (not Marynoll) is a real park near Microsoft headquarters in
Redmond. It has a model airplane field which has an interesting history. The
runway was originally in another location, but a bald eagle nested in the
vicinity and environmentalists demanded that the runway be closed or moved
(preferably closed). The club moved the runway to its present location and
the eagle promptly moved his nest in order to stay close to the field (if
you know eagles, an eagle moving his nest is a big deal, so he must have
really wanted to stay close to the runway). Club members theorize that the
eagle just likes to watch R.C. airplanes, perhaps because there are a number
of people who fly gliders there. The gliders might make it easy for the
eagle to find thermals. Others think the eagle just wants to keep a close
eye on what he may consider to be potential competitors or even prey, or
maybe he just likes the company.