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To: areokat who wrote (50803)3/22/2002 2:14:04 PM
From: Eric L  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 54805
 
re: CharlieWest

<< Too many mountains in CharlieWest for effective cell phones. >>

Tough airport on the side of the mountain.

In the late 60's I brought a prospective customer (a state government official) into CharlieWest to demonstrate a system my company had installed there.

It was the 2nd time my prospective customer had ever flown and he had an aversion to flying to begin with.

When we landed, the pilot announced from the cockpit that we had just survived a landing at the most dangerous airport for landing in the USA.

[Its tough, Side of the mountain, Short runways. Fog]

My prospective customer walked off the plane with wobbly knees.

But ...

... he authorized purchase of our system for his state,

- Eric -