Some Call Flying Fish Just Plain Pork [Half a million tax $ to paint a fish on an airplane]

ABC News ^ | Oct. 4, 2005

[null and void]

*sigh*

[dynachrome]

Shoot, I'd have done it for only 100k.

signed, Earl Scheib

[null and void]

[null and void]

For Earl Schieb it should be $99,999.99

[dynachrome]

yup, too lazy to type it!

[Decepticon]

Very nice......why the heck should I have to pay for it? Government spending is beyond out of control.......

[Fog Nozzle]

Don't you understand? This flying fish paint job will so dramatically increase the sales of Alaskan Salmon that it will pay for itself in weeks.

[kingu]

Dang, it would have only run 25k in East LA -- err, how much do tires on an airplane run? Might want to add that in...

[smonk]

I nominate this story for "Most Duplicated Thread of 2005".

[Serb5150]

Well, yeah. But it sure looks cool!

[Wristpin]

One man's paint pork is another man's job.

Actually you wouldn't want to have Earl Scheib do this kind of painting. Aircraft painting has to be done very carely or the paint can add hundreds of pounds in the wrong places affecting weight and balance.

[SAJ]

There is, of course, the option of NOT effing having painted the plane at all.

[Fog Nozzle]

But why do I, a taxpayer, have to pay for it? If my taxes were less maybe I could afford to buy some Alaskan Salmon.

[Wristpin]

I wasn't justifying the pork paint. I kinda liked the eskimo guy on Alaska's airplanes. Privately paid for too.

[Jambe]

Good thing Hillary doesn't know about this yet, can you imagine her request for $500K of taxpayers money to support the NYC dildo commission!

Would give new meaning to the 7x7 designation.

[Old North State]

Salmon comes from Alaska, no kidding? Man, they better get that message out. That will really effect my buying decisions. No more Iowa salmon for me.

[Cobra64]

Salmon comes from Alaska, no kidding? Man, they better get that message out. That will really effect my buying decisions. No more Iowa salmon for me.

I get my salmon from the fresh water of Death Vally, or the Bonneville Salt Flats.

[joesnuffy]

Corn fed salmon from Iowa some of the best...

Wait till they genetically modify corn to taste like salmon..

Best place to eat is at Sam & Ella's Drive Right Through

[MineralMan]

"Alaska Airlines, which is paid to carry 30 million pounds of Alaskan seafood cargo each year, "

They carried about 100 lb. of sockeye salmon and halibut for me as luggage. When I flew Alaska to Alaska, though, all they had was this picture of Nanook of the North on the plane. I might have caught more salmon if I'd flown this new plane.

Still....it was a great trip, and Alaska Airlines helped make it so.