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Trump Can’t Land his Helicopter at the Iowa State Fair
whotv.com ^ | 7/30/2015 | Alex Payne

Posted on 07/30/2015 4:52:46 PM PDT by GoneSalt

Donald Trump will not be giving young children helicopter rides at the Iowa State Fair.

The Daily Mail reported Thursday that Donald Trump had asked the Iowa State Fair for permission to bring his helicopter to the fairgrounds to give children rides in it. The publication reported that he would set up the thrill ride at his own risk and expense.

“We’re going to fly it out to Iowa and I’m going to have it there,” Trump reportedly told the publication. “I’m going to try giving kids lifts in the helicopter.”

However, state fair spokeswoman Mindy Williamson told the Des Moines Register that Trump did not ask for permission to do so, nor would he be granted permission if he does indeed seek it.

“He is welcome to land his helicopter anywhere outside the grounds and take people on rides or whatever he would like to do,” Williamson told the Register. “But that will not be happening on Iowa State Fairgrounds.”


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ia; iowa; statefair; trump
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To: GoneSalt

21 posted on 07/30/2015 5:23:51 PM PDT by deport
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To: GoneSalt

From a purely attraction perspective, what sort of fair organizer turns down someone wanting to give out free helicopter rides. Good for an extra thousand tickets everyday, easy.


22 posted on 07/30/2015 5:25:56 PM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: GoneSalt

I imagine Mr Trump is/ will be disappointed, but maybe it’s just as well. Anyone know if ‘’Beat Whitey Night’’ is still a fair ‘’activity’’?


23 posted on 07/30/2015 5:27:52 PM PDT by KGeorge (Hell no- we ain't forgettin')
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To: SampleMan

this bad decision will haunt the organizers for years to come ...

they are playing checkers, Donald Trump is playing chess ...


24 posted on 07/30/2015 5:28:16 PM PDT by Patton@Bastogne
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To: DoughtyOne

heck, at this point, Trump may purchase a Space Shuttle and launch it right there ...


25 posted on 07/30/2015 5:29:54 PM PDT by Patton@Bastogne
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To: SampleMan

Anyone wanna guess how fast they could find a place for Obama to land a helicopter?


26 posted on 07/30/2015 5:30:09 PM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office)
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To: jjotto

If there is a shortage of space, it’s reasoned.

I owe the spider headed lady a retraction. My retraction key seems to be stuck, but I will work on it.

=:^)


27 posted on 07/30/2015 5:30:49 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Now remember honey, if you can't remember your name, just tell the police JEB. John Ellis "Jeb" Bush)
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To: wally_bert

...has Donald weighed in on ethanol?


28 posted on 07/30/2015 5:30:50 PM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (WTF? How Karl Rove and the Establishment Lost...Again)
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To: GoneSalt

ABC 47
Helicopter Rides at the Delaware State Fair

47 ABC’s Jobina Fortson got to take a ride today— and joins us from the helicopter field with more.

Helicopter Rides
Date: July 23 - Aug 01, 2015
Time: 11:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Location: Main Gate

Experience the Fair from a new height!
Helicopter rides are $20 per person with up to two riders at a time! Hours of operation are from 11:00 am until 11:00 pm.
Don’t miss out on this one of a kind experience.
http://www.delawarestatefair.com/events/2015/helicopter-rides

Let me be the FIRST to say it:

DONALD’S GONNA SUE!!!!

The ONLY plausible reason that they wouldn’t allow an insured vendor to give free rides is POLITICAL.


29 posted on 07/30/2015 5:31:06 PM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: C. Edmund Wright

Haven’t heard. No idea.


30 posted on 07/30/2015 5:31:28 PM PDT by wally_bert (There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
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To: GoneSalt
Well they can't stop him from making an emergency or precautionary landing, he just not might be able to take off again ;-9
31 posted on 07/30/2015 5:32:00 PM PDT by taildragger (It's Cruz & Walker. Anything else is a Yugo with Racing Stripes....)
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To: DesertRhino
Anyone wanna guess how fast they could find a place for Obama to land a helicopter?

Well as you know, Obama is more talented than anyone on the planet...I mean, he piloted Seal Team 6's chopper to bin Laden's compound, then jumped down with Rambo's knife between his teeth and single handedly offed bin Laden...ALL THE WHILE keeping the chopper hovering. Or something like that.....

32 posted on 07/30/2015 5:32:11 PM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (WTF? How Karl Rove and the Establishment Lost...Again)
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To: tcrlaf; All

Timberview Helicopter Rides

Date: Oct 23 - Nov 09, 2014
Location: Louisiana State Exhibit Museum

Timberview Helicopter Rides

The professional pilots at Timberview Helicopters ferry passengers high into the clouds aboard a sky-scraping whirlybird during flight tours above the State Fair of Louisiana!

http://www.statefairoflouisiana.com/events/2014/timberview-helicopter-rides


33 posted on 07/30/2015 5:33:00 PM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: wally_bert

They’re gonna all have to.....and I think there’s a good number of Iowans who will respect the few who show the guts to take the right stance on this.

Trump has the guts...so does Cruz...Carly....but I’m not sure about Trump or Carly’s conservative instincts on this topic.


34 posted on 07/30/2015 5:33:18 PM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (WTF? How Karl Rove and the Establishment Lost...Again)
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To: SampleMan
" -- what sort of fair organizer turns down someone wanting to give out free helicopter rides.

Er-- uh-- one worried about liability in case of accident?

35 posted on 07/30/2015 5:34:21 PM PDT by buckalfa (I am feeling much better now.)
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To: GoneSalt

What are they going to do? Shoot it down?


36 posted on 07/30/2015 5:34:35 PM PDT by TaxPayer2000
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To: tet68

++1. Definetly

Don’t get carried away Mr. Trump. If you make it to Halloween and still in the running, I recommend setting up a first class “House of Horror”.

The cars should look like a hand basket. As we’re being taken to hell in a handbasket. The main building should lead with “Abandon All Hope All Ye That Enter Here, with a placard identifying the build as Planned Parenthood.

A two headed Little Red Riding Hood, one head is Boehner, the other McConnell. They have hand baskets with baby parts in them. Nancy Pelosi as a Banshee, Reid as Frankenstein, Hillary staring into a mirror asking who’s the smartest of them all.

A chorus of Zombies with various likenesses of Senators, Congressmen, and Supreme Court Justices.

Obama is in the final room, dressed as Satan or Dracula. His Muslim Brotherhood sidekick dressed as a succubus. IRS vampires, and EPA werewolf. surround him.


37 posted on 07/30/2015 5:38:50 PM PDT by Fhios (I hope Trump can keep us entertained for the next 6 months.)
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To: Patton@Bastogne

LOL

You sure that would be ostentatious enough?

= :^)


38 posted on 07/30/2015 5:41:02 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Now remember honey, if you can't remember your name, just tell the police JEB. John Ellis "Jeb" Bush)
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To: DoughtyOne

Just circle around the state fair a few times, land at the airport and drive up in the Trump limo.

39 posted on 07/30/2015 5:41:03 PM PDT by TADSLOS (A Ted Cruz Happy Warrior! GO TED!)
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To: GoneSalt

Trump doesn’t need to give helicopter rides, just have the kids be able to sit in it and then give them a hat/


40 posted on 07/30/2015 5:41:17 PM PDT by biggredd1
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