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Plane crash reminder of Will Rogers and Wiley Post

George Keltner said that when he heard about the death of former Alaska Senator Ted Stevens in a plane crash last night, in his home state, he, Mr. Keltner, could help but remember the first time he heard of a plane crash and the death of two other famous people.
"It was early August, in 1935. We were sitting in a place of higher learning in Buckner, between Mell and Exie in Green County.

"The headmaster, a Mr. Burris, told the class that that Will Rogers and Wiley Post had been killed in an airplane crash in Alaska.

"The headmaster said it was hard to understand. 'In the first place,' he said, 'Anybody as important as Will Rogers has got no business traveling in an airplane.'"
It made sense to a grade school student back then, Mr. Keltner said. But today, when NBA players, the Pope, and the President's wife travel in airplanes, it seems funny that he made such a big fuss about it then.

Times have changed.




This story was posted on 2010-08-10 15:08:17
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