Posted
7/02/2007 07:49:00 PM
by Douglas
The Space Shuttle Atlantis makes a surprise stop at Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport. Of course, it was a
big deal. NASA Spokes-Homo Sapien, brign it home for us:
"The runway was within our limits. There aren't very many. There's actually 19 designated landing places across the U.S. for us," she said. "We wouldn't typically come to a commercial airport. ... We needed a place to land, so we ended up here."
If that doesn't sum up your visit to Amarillo, I don't know what does. "We were out of gas, so we ended up here."
I wonder if the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce has thought about that one?
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