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Topic: "North Pole" Visit @ LGA On 12/7/02 Via US Air
Username: Mirrodie
Posted 2002-12-09 05:08:07 and read 914 times.

A story in today's Newsday describes a "trip" taken to the North Pole on a US Airways A320. The trip consisted of taxing around the tarmac at LGA for about 20 sick children from a neighboring hospital.

The shades were drawn b/c the pilot had a "special" way of getting to the North Pole. (some of the smarter kids caught on that they never took off.)

Cute story and nice idea by US Air.

Perhaps next time they'll actually go somewhere Wink/being sarcastic

I'd link you the story but the website, www.newsday.com, only printed the story.

Topic: RE: "North Pole" Visit @ LGA On 12/7/02 Via US Air
Username: Mirrodie
Posted 2002-12-09 05:10:13 and read 892 times.

My mistake, the link the the story is here.

http://www.newsday.com/news/printedition/ny-litrip083037779dec08,0,7224000.story?coll=ny%2Dnews%2Dprint

Topic: RE: "North Pole" Visit @ LGA On 12/7/02 Via US Air
Username: Usairways85
Posted 2002-12-09 05:18:29 and read 883 times.

yeah i it was a nice idea, but i think they could have just made a quick trip to EWR or JFK or something like that

Topic: RE: "North Pole" Visit @ LGA On 12/7/02
Username: Gigneil
Posted 2002-12-09 05:27:02 and read 876 times.

I think Delta just taxis around the tarmac for while as well... but I think United used to do one in MIA or MCO one of the two that they flew a B777 around for a bit...

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