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To: malkee
"I saw Yeager 23 24 years ago when they named an airport after him in Charleston West Virginia. No mention of what they paid him for that. Times have changed, I guess."

If that is a slam at General Yeager then shame on you. As an ex pilot I admire his guts breaking the sound barrier. What have you ever done that is worth mention?

6 posted on 12/31/2009 11:42:29 PM PST by blackbart.223 (I live in Northern Nevada. Reid doesn't represent me.)
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To: blackbart.223

Well, first off, I was at the ceremony where Chuck Yeager appeared when the airport was named after him. How about you?

Why do so many people on FR interpret a simple remark as a slam? I said nothing to slam him. I simply said there was no mention of any naming rights back then, and that times have changed.


8 posted on 12/31/2009 11:45:17 PM PST by malkee (Actually I'm an ex-smoker--more than three years now -- But I think about it every day.)
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To: blackbart.223

I agree with your impression of a slam. The suit is specific in private companies making hay on his name. To the inferred slam, having an airport named after the General hardly incites commercial interests but instead it is the focus of honoring his achievments.


30 posted on 01/01/2010 4:31:40 AM PST by mazda77 (Rubio for US Senate - West FL22nd - Dockery for Gov.)
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