Tampico saluted in Reagan's last flyover

Illinois Leader ^ | June 11, 2004 | Illinois Leader

[Land_of_Lincoln_John]

TAMPICO -- At 3:08 PM CST on Friday afternoon, the airplane carrying President Ronald Reagan's body back to his final resting place in Simi Valley, California, will tip its wings as it flies over Reagan's birthplace in the heart of Illinois, the little town of Tampico.

[Land_of_Lincoln_John]

Goodbye, Ronnie.

[Texas Eagle]

Cool. Hopefully there is at least one FReeper in Tampico who can take a pic and post it. If the plane flies low enough to be seen that is.

[Dog Gone]

It passed this point an hour ago.

[Kirkwood]

Is Dixon near Tampico?

[alisasny]

I was hoping the plane would go down low and do this. I hope they did : )

[Texas Eagle]

Give us a report. Did you see it? Did you know it was going to do a fly-by? What can you tell us?

[Land_of_Lincoln_John]

Is Dixon near Tampico?

Dixon is about twenty miles northeast of Tampico.

[skeeter]

I hope they gave the townsfolk a headsup before flying over with a 747. Tampico looks like a pretty sleepy little town.

[Dog Gone]

Oh, I can't do that. I live in Texas. But I noted from the story that it would occur just after 3:00 local time, which means it had already happened.

I hope the residents of Tampico had more advance notice than you or I did.

[Texas Eagle]

Hey, did you notice there's a poll on that page that asks if Reagan should be added to Mt. Rushmore. 700 responses so far with a 60% no rate.

[Texas Eagle]

I hope so, too.

[Land_of_Lincoln_John]

Hey, did you notice there's a poll on that page that asks if Reagan should be added to Mt. Rushmore. 700 responses so far with a 60% no rate.

Not sure what to make of that. Illinois Leader is a very good site, but not well known to the extent that liberals don't visit it and wreak havoc.

[dts32041]

The problem, is even if wanted to, you can't the laws of physics will prevent it.

That is why the full statues were never completed