Paper Airplanes in St. Louis

[Libby K]

I had already gone to my last post on paper airplanes at the Championship for the purpose of copying it over here and reminding everyone that this discussion is old and has been rehashed a million times... but thank you for honestly surprising me and making me chuckle.

It's still horribly disrespectful to the event - no matter what event - but at least this wasn't yet-another-thread on an issue we all know is a problem.

Is there something in the water in STL? I've never seen so many paper airplane enthusiasts...

[IndySam]

Originally Posted by Libby K

Is there something in the water in STL? I've never seen so many paper airplane enthusiasts...

Libby have you heard of a little thing called "The Spirit of St. Louis"?

[Hallry]

Originally Posted by Libby K

Is there something in the water in STL? I've never seen so many paper airplane enthusiasts...

Originally Posted by IndySam

Libby have you heard of a little thing called "The Spirit of St. Louis"?

Are you saying that there's not something in the water, but in the air?

[coalhot]

My reaction to seeing this thread: nooooooooooooooo.com

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Libby K

Is there something in the water in STL? I've never seen so many paper airplane enthusiasts...

Maybe Boeing is doing a secret contest or something.

[Michael Hill]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Maybe Boeing is doing a secret contest or something.

I'd love to see Boeing be an official sponsor that handed out pieces of paper to make a "Boeing" paper airplane for Championships.

Or even just have a paper airplane contest just before Einstein to 'get it out of the way'...(this is a horrible idea, don't do it.)

[dodar]

Actually, this has been Dave Lavery's greatest game hint ever.

[coalhot]

Originally Posted by dodar

Actually, this has been Dave Lavery's greatest game hint ever.

Oooh, flying game! Seems like someone has been thinking ahead, everyone else needs to catch up!

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by coalhot

Oooh, flying game! Seems like someone has been thinking ahead, everyone else needs to catch up!

They did a flying game a couple of years ago for the college kids.

[efoote868]

Originally Posted by dodar

Actually, this has been Dave Lavery's greatest game hint ever.

Oh you're just mean spirited.

[MooreteP]

Lockheed and Martin Marietta = St. Louis. They eventually merged.

Also TWA used St. Louis as a mid-continent hub.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambert...tional_Airport
Lambert in STL has a cool terminal designed by Minoru Yamasaki.
Damaged in the tornado a couple of years ago.
It echoed the design of the JFK terminal designed by Eero Saarinen.

Paper airplanes are def a St. Louis thing. It's in the air.

Boeing = Seattle, though HQ is in Chicago.

[Joe Ross]

Originally Posted by MooreteP

Lockheed and Martin Marietta = St. Louis. They eventually merged.


Boeing = Seattle, though HQ is in Chicago.

Lockheed Martin's locations map doesn't show anything near St. Louis. http://www.lockheedmartin.com/conten...ons-Map-US.pdf

Boeing Defense, Space and Security division is in St. Louis. Seattle is the commercial airplanes.

[Ryan Dognaux]

Originally Posted by Joe Ross

Boeing's Boeing Defense, Space and Security division is in St. Louis. Seattle is the commercial airplanes.

Joe is correct. We assemble the F-15 & F-18 at the St. Louis site. Boeing = much more than Seattle, but that's where people think of first probably. McDonnell Douglas was what the Boeing St. Louis site used to be until 1997 when the two companies merged. You'll notice the Boeing logo incorporates part of McDonnell Douglas's old logo -

[Ian Curtis]

Originally Posted by Joe Ross

Boeing's Boeing Defense, Space and Security division is in St. Louis. Seattle is the commercial airplanes.

And we all know the commercial airplanes are the coolest airplanes.

[dodar]

Originally Posted by Ian Curtis

And we all know the commercial airplanes are the coolest airplanes.

Ya, Ive heard fighters and bombers have horrible air conditioning problems.