================================================ Subject: Re: interesting time at Salinas airshow From: "Lisa King" To: Date: Sun 16 Sep 2001 23:23:46 +0000 ================================================ attendance was lighter than usual but there were still quite a few people there. I have a link for all those who do not know about robsaurus. Truely an impressive sight. 40 foot tall and shoots a 10 foot flame. http://www.canosoarus.com/02Robosaurus/Robo01.htm LIsa >From: "Alexis M." >Reply-To: "Alexis M." >To: CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM >Subject: Re: interesting time at Salinas airshow >Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 16:24:51 -0700 > >That sounded like a lot of fun! Did the show generate a lot of proceeds? >A car eating robot?? Lol, that must have been strange! > >On Sun, 16 Sep 2001 18:55:25 +0000 Lisa King >writes: > > Just thought some might like to know about the airshow I worked at > > with my > > daughters ROTC group. > > > > It was almost canceled to begin with because all planes had been > > grounded. > > All involved got together and decided to put it on anyway and send > > all the > > proceeds to the families of the victims. > > > > It was interesting to say the least. We had an elephant and camel on > > the > > runway, a car that goes 300 MPH and Robosaurus, (a car eating robot > > that > > shoots out fire to cook it's "meal". > > > > The parts that brought tears to your eyes though was when we got > > word that 3 > > F18s had come from Canada because the Thunderbirds were unable to > > perform. > > Canada came on one days notice and barely got in with all the > > restrictions. > > As it was there was a major delay in them flying over because again > > they > > almost did not get clearance to leave the Monterey airport to fly > > over ours. > > They still have not gotten clearance to leave yet. > > > > The most sentamental time came when they played the song "wind > > beneath your > > wings" as we watched first representaives from as branches of the > > military > > parade down the tarmac followed by medical personal, fireman and > > police. I > > could not keep the tears out of my eyes. > > > > Still recovering today as my group had grounds keeping. (keeping all > > the > > trash off the ground and bleacher seats.) > > > > > > Lisa whose daughter was thrilled to talk to one of the pilots of > > the F18 > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at > > http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss > > list, visit: > > http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp > > >________________________________________________________________ >GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! >Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! >Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: >http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > >To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, >visit: >http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp