Flying J Sends Private Jet For Soldiers Stuck In Denver

My Fox Utah ^ | Thursday, 21 Dec 2006 | Arikka Von

[Veloxherc]

While thousands of civilian travelers are stuck in Denver, a handful of Utah soldiers were given a lucky break, courtesy of Flying J. Fox 13's Arikka Von has more.

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[Veloxherc]

I searched, I hope no one has posted this yet. Thats pretty cool that they sent their Jet!!

[End Times Sentinel]

Flying J?  What's that?  (God I hope it's a hot woman...)

Owl_Eagle

If what I just wrote made you sad or angry,
it was probably just a joke.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Chain of Truck Stops

[Red Badger]

(God I hope it's a hot woman...)

No, that would be the Flying Y........

[rellimpank]

--glad I usually stop there when travelling -the coffee is good, too--

[rlmorel]

You owe me a new keyboard.

[jim35]

I just e-mailed them some well-deserved kudos. God bless our fighting men and women, and way to go, Flying J.

[Vaquero]

I remember this: but its the wrong letter of the alphabet.

[upchuck]

Flying J, as mentioned above is a national chain of "travel plazas," a fancy name for truck stop.

I drive a lot and frequently stay overnight at Flying J. IMHO, of the national chains, Pilot, TA Travel Centers, etc., Flying J offers the best amenities and prices.

[Siouxz]

I used your email link to thank them for helping our heroes. Thanks.

[browngreengold]

I e-mailed them a "Thank You" too.

:)

[USMCWife6869]

I did the same.

[grobdriver]

So if a private jet can get into and out of Denver.... why can't the commercial jets?

[cpdiii]

So if a private jet can get into and out of Denver.... why can't the commercial jets


Those jets are now positioned in places they should not be because of the weather. It takes a few days and good weather to sort this out.

[Liaison]

Private jets fly from a different airport, Centennial Airport, just south of Denver in Englewood. its an older,small airport that has been dealing with snow for many years. DIA was a disaster in construction, and i guess not well designed for this (sarc). The old airport, Stapleton, did not have the problems DIA has.

[Liaison]

I will also say DIA is in BFE northwest of Denver on the open plains with nothing to stop the wind and snow except the buildings and planes.

[cgk]

Very cool of them! We spent a good chunk of $$$ at their stops driving across the country in September, so it's a relief to see them doing good works this Christmas.

[A.A. Cunningham]

Private jets fly from a different airport, Centennial Airport, just south of Denver in Englewood. its an older,small airport that has been dealing with snow for many years.

While Centennial is one of the busiest, if not the busiest GA airport in the USA, it has no radar and experiences a number of problems during inclement weather. Having said that, comparing airfield maintenance between the two is, for all intents and purposes, a case of apples and oranges. Also, you failed to mention all the corporate GA ops from Jeffco.

The old airport, Stapleton, did not have the problems DIA has.

Hardly. You obviously didn't spend two days trying to get back to Stapleton during the '82 Christmas blizzard as I did. Flight ops were extremely restricted at Stapleton during inclement weather due to runway separation, or more appropriately the lack thereof.

I will also say DIA is in BFE northwest of Denver

Northeast.

[dalereed]

The gas pump at my office/yard is an old Flying A pump, still has the curved Flying A glass insigneas on top.

It was used when we installed it 50 years ago.

[mhking]