No Fly
By Mitch Berg
President Obama may be taking a break from his busy schedule of, apparently, breaks – assuming they avoid the shutdown.
And I found this more than a little bit ominous (emphasis added):
On Thursday morning, the Federal Aviation Administration established a no-fly zone over Williamsburg that will be in place from Friday through Monday.
Not a plane will fly over Williamsburg for month. And civilian casualties could get quickly out of hand…
April 8th, 2011 at 8:11 am
Pfft. Fly into Norfolk, Newport News or Richmond if you don’t mind the drive. Newport News is a 15 minute drive to Williamsburg.
April 8th, 2011 at 8:34 am
In 1980 I had to go to Williamsburg on business and flew a red-eye from Phoenix to D.C. and caught a twin-propeller puddle-jumper to Newport News; the “plane” looked like a pregnant guppy and the entire back wall was a drawbridge that opened to allow loading of luggage. I recall the bus ride from Newport News to Williamsburg was 45 minutes, rather than 15, but I was pretty addled by my flights and the amount of time I had been awake at that point. All in all, not my favorite trip in my life….except that that expedition ultimately led me to getting a job in the Twin Cities later that year. And what a difference that has made in my life!
April 8th, 2011 at 8:41 am
The airport at Newport News is on I64 quite a bit north of the city. The drive may be more than 15 minutes, I confess I’ve only made it four or five times. Beautiful country, though. I think they created the word “verdant” to describe it.