[Scan-DC] Bush, at KADW, on way to Blacksburg

[b_thom at juno.com]

On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 12:40:13 -0400 John Wilson <w4uvv at comcast.net>
writes:
>   Roanoke is an extremely dangerous airport for landings 
> and takeoffs.  
....
> Many SNG trucks yesterday had difficulty maintaining a 
> boresight 
> on their target satellite.  

I noticed that. The last time I flew into Roanoke, it was on a Piedmont
Airlines F27, "Spirit of Something;"can't recall the names of their
planes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fokker_F27

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piedmont_Airlines_(1948-1989)

http://www.jetpiedmont.com/