Eyecatching idea for Jay

I scanned my old pic and put it on my website. I think this would
really stand out on a hotel located next to an airport :-)

I don't know, John. I'm not sure this is the message we want to send to our
guests, being as close as we are to the runway and all!

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Think: "World According To Garp" - "Honey, what are the odds of this
EVER happening again!?!?!"

;O)

Jay Beckman
PP-ASEL
Somewhere in east central Florida - Day 8 of 12

Re-naming your place THE CRASH INN and having the tail feathers of a
C-150 sticking out of the roof would be real class, Jay...

Denny

Scott D wrote in message ...
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 00:17:51 GMT, "Blueskies"


Those old airframes are too valuable to be left up on a pole....

No, I think homeland Security believes that they are a threat to
National Security and had them melted down

Scott D


no doubt...

Jay Beckman
PP-ASEL
Somewhere in east central Florida - Day 8 of 12

Titusville?

David (KORL)

Daytona

Jay B

wrote in message
ups.com...

There used to be more things like this around. A few years ago I saw
an upended DC-3 in central Florida - advertising Kermit Weeks'
museum.

It's still there, right along I-4. And there is a paratrooper dangling from
his lines, which are fouled on the tailwheel.

Jay,

I'm not sure this is the message we want to send to our guests, being
as close as we are to the runway and all!

Wise. Non-aviation types just don't understand the humor.

In the '70s I went into Philly International a number of times. Near
what was then general aviation parking (now part of the terminal) was a
bar with the tail of a Fokker triplane sticking out of the building.
Inside, the three wings were behind the bar. Was kind of a humorous
the first time. As I recall, it was funnier as you drank more...

On my last trip to DSM I noticed that the Air Guard had put up a full
size plastic model of a red-tail P-51 on a pylon. Looks really sharp.
I was kind of glad when the guys, in the late '70s, went around cutting
deals with air bases and city parks to trade the plastic model
airplanes for the real ones that had become "gate guardians" way back
when. It meant a lot of WWII airplanes got restored and flying again
and the air bases and parks got displays that looked a heck of a lot
better because the plastic models were nice and shiny instead of
corroded and faded.

Off topic, I am curious why the DSM Guard unit chose the red tail
theme. I'd heard that Iowa had played a significant role in the
Tuskegee Airman but don't recall what it was, the training wasn't
there, although it may have been that Iowa provided more of the pilots
than any other state, which wouldn't surprise me, given that it was one
of the very few states that prohibited a lot of the segregation
practiced elsewhere back then.

More mental wandering: I always wondered what happened to the gorgeous
Spitfire and Hurricane that were displayed in front of the base offices
at Biggin Hill airport, south of London when I flew there back in 1972.
I'm hoping those are flying again.

Somehow, I think an airplane on a stick in front of your motel would be
a little much.

Warmest regards,
Rick

Denny wrote:
Re-naming your place THE CRASH INN and having the tail feathers of a
C-150 sticking out of the roof would be real class, Jay...


How about The Auger Inn?

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)

Somehow, I think an airplane on a stick in front of your motel would be
a little much.

I agree. I'd rather have a big, 23 foot, 4 blade prop leaned up against our
3-story sign.

Any idea where I can get one?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"