[LadyRobyn]

Originally Posted by jammie

what a cool thread!!!! Ok, enlighten me~what airport is named after someone who died in a plane crash?

21. The 'will rogers world airport' and the 'wiley post airport'
are both named after two famous okies....both killed in an airplane
crash!!!

So I'm gonna try posting this smiley ONE more time and if the board software changes it to lowercase letters, I'm gonna have a hissy!

edit: that's better.

[Jammie]

Originally Posted by LadyRobyn

:d

Thank you for the info. I had NO idea that Will Rogers was killed in an airplane crash. Now I feel dumb.

[LadyRobyn]

Originally Posted by Jammie

Thank you for the info. I had NO idea that Will Rogers was killed in an airplane crash. Now I feel dumb.

They were both killed in the same plane crash up in AK. We watched a documentary on Wiley Post recently...he was quite the character, and he lived to fly.
He lost an eye in an oil-field accident and his wife helped him teach himself to function and continue flying.

[Goodpasture]

Will Rogers World Airport in OKC, is named after Will Rogers. Oklahoma's favorite son. Wiley Post Airport in Bethany is named after Wiley Post, the pilot and friend of Will Rogers.

Wiley Hardeman Post (November 22, 1898 – August 15, 1935) was the first pilot to fly solo around the world. Also known for his work in high altitude flying, Post helped develop one of the first pressure suits. His Lockheed Vega aircraft, the Winnie Mae is on display at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center adjacent to Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Virginia, and his pressure suit is being prepared for display at the same location. On August 15, 1935, Post and American humorist Will Rogers were killed when Post's plane crashed on takeoff from a lagoon near Point Barrow, in Alaska.

Wiley Post - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Goodpasture]

Can you tell we are proud of our people here?

[cindycat]

I have two comments based on the original post, with all the town names.

Sallisaw Henryetta Wagoner Catoosa.

In Oklahoma you have to go through Bowlegs to get to Maud.

[J double R]

Originally Posted by okpondlady

1. You can properly pronounce Eufaula, Gotebo, Okemah, and Chickasha.
2. You think that people who complain about the wind in their states are sissies.
3. A tornado warning siren is your signal to go out in the yard and look for a funnel.
4. Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on the highway.
5. You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
6. You know that the true value of a parking space is not determined by the distance to the door, but by the availability of shade.
7. Stores don't have bags, they have sacks.
8. You see people wear bib overalls at funerals.
9. You think everyone from a bigger city has an accent.
10. You measure distance in minutes.
11. You refer to the capital of Oklahoma as "The City."
12. It doesn't bother you to use an airport named for a man who died in an airplane crash.
13. Little smokies are something you serve only for special occasions.
14. You go to the lake because you think it is like going to the ocean.
15. You listen to the weather forecast before picking out an outfit.
16. You know cowpies are not made of beef.
17. Someone you know has used a football schedule to plan their wedding date.
18. You have known someone who has had one belt buckle bigger than your fist.
19. A bad traffic jam involves two cars staring each other down at a four-way stop, each determined to be the most polite and let the other go first.
20. You know in which state Mi-am-uh is and in which state Mi-am-ee is.
21. You aren't surprised to find movie rental, ammunition, and bait all in the same store.
22. Your "place at the lake" has wheels under it.
23. A Mercedes Benz is not a status symbol. A Ford F350 4x4 is.
24. You know everything goes better with Ranch.
25. You learned how to shoot a gun before you learned how to multiply.

oh dear.. I think i'm a real live okie now!

[_redbird_]

Originally Posted by cindycat

I have two comments based on the original post, with all the town names.

Sallisaw Henryetta Wagoner Catoosa.

In Oklahoma you have to go through Bowlegs to get to Maud.

LOL! Good one, cindycat. I like the tongue twisters names like Okfuskee County! Okfuskee you too!

[LadyRobyn]

Originally Posted by cindycat

I have two comments based on the original post, with all the town names.

Sallisaw Henryetta Wagoner Catoosa.

In Oklahoma you have to go through Bowlegs to get to Maud.

Cindy, The second one is older than the hills...but I had never heard the first one!!

[Synopsis]

There is a town near where I grew up called "Non." And Gerty, my hometown was originally named "Buzzard Flop."