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   From: mazorj@verizon.net   
      
   "Bertie the Bunyip"  wrote in   
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   news:1178841720.420269.65580@w5g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...   
   > On May 9, 7:28 pm, "Vic Baron"    
   > wrote:   
   >> Someone asked me a question and I can find no info on   
   >> Google, etc -   
   >>   
   >> When Queen Elizabeth flies - does she have an unique   
   >> aircraft similar to Air   
   >> Force One?   
   >   
   > I think I have a pic of her somwhere, now let's see..   
   >   
   > Bertie   
      
   PHF (Patrick Henry Field) now goes by the clunky title of   
   Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport (thanks to   
   the local idiots with their Chamber of Commerce mentality).   
   According to local lore, in 1976 it was plain old Patrick   
   Henry Airport until the Queen flew into there for the   
   Bicentennial pomp and ceremony similar to what we just saw.   
   The local boys said "Hey, she's flying in from out of   
   country!  Which means that now we can legitimately rename it   
   Patrick Henry International Airport!"  That may have been   
   the only international flight there, at least until more   
   recent years.   
      
   There apparently is no truth to the rumor that the Chamber   
   of Commerce tried to erect a sign  reading "Queen Elizabeth   
   once landed here."  I think she landed in Richmond this   
   time, so who knows what the local boosters there will try to   
   turn that into.   
      
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