McCain's VP pick lands in Middletown?
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Topic: McCain's VP pick lands in Middletown?
Posted By: swohio75
Subject: McCain's VP pick lands in Middletown?
Date Posted: Aug 29 2008 at 8:57am
As the political community turned desperate for any clues, speculation moved toward several darkhorse candidates including Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the so-called "hockey mom" credited with reforms of her out-of-the-way state.
A Gulfstream IV from Anchorage, Alaska, flew into Middletown Regional Airport in Butler County near Cincinnati about 10:15 p.m. Thursday, said Rich Bevis, airport manager. He said several people came off the plane, including a woman and two teens, but there was no confirmation of who was aboard.
"They were pretty much hustled off. They came right down the ramp, jumped in some vans here and off they went," Bevis said. "It was all hush, hush."
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Posted By: Middletown News
Date Posted: Aug 29 2008 at 10:11am
It was someone else, she is still in Alaska.
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Posted By: VietVet
Date Posted: Aug 29 2008 at 10:11am
How nice!- So much for airport security and scrutiny.I guess it goes like this at our "open air market" type airport- " Somebody came to our airport after hours, but I really don't know who it was, they didn't identify themselves, when they were due, what flight plan they had, if they would need fuel, or how many were in the arriving party" and, "we didn't approach them to ask". "I really don't know who's coming and going at my airport". Wouldn't it be important to have some indication of security at the airport or is there nothing there worth protecting? Perhaps have a rent-a-cop? Is the airport manned 24/7? Just asking.
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Posted By: John Beagle
Date Posted: Aug 29 2008 at 11:31am
I wouldn't be so quick to rule out that the good governor was indeed at Hook Field. You never know and for national security reasons, we might never know.
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Posted By: John Beagle
Date Posted: Aug 29 2008 at 11:32am
BREAKING NEWS ON WCPO Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has been chosen as Republican John McCain's choice
for Vice-President.
One report states a jet carrying Palin touched down this morning at an airport
in Middletown.
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Posted By: .308
Date Posted: Aug 29 2008 at 12:18pm
VieVet,
Are those Jackboots you are wearing today?
LOL
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Posted By: John Beagle
Date Posted: Aug 29 2008 at 1:40pm
Confirmed today: A Gulfstream IV from Anchorage, Alaska, flew into Middletown Regional Airport in
Butler County near Cincinnati about 10:15 p.m. Thursday, said Rich Bevis,
airport manager in photo.
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Posted By: John Beagle
Date Posted: Aug 29 2008 at 1:41pm
Channel 9 News was there.
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Posted By: John Beagle
Date Posted: Aug 29 2008 at 1:43pm
No sign of Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin
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Posted By: VietVet
Date Posted: Aug 30 2008 at 9:07am
Jungle boots- Just asking a question out of curiosity- How did Channel 9 know who was on that aircraft, but OUR airport personnel apparently didn't have a clue? It doesn't give me a warm fuzzy feeling about the airport operations competence level/surveillance, that's all. I'd like to know who was coming and going ,under these circumstances, if I was the airport manager, wouldn't you? OR- am I wrong in asking for a little common sense to prevail here?
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Posted By: swohio75
Date Posted: Aug 30 2008 at 4:16pm
It would appear that Channel 9 didn't know until after the fact. She flew in at 10:15 p.m. Thursday night and stayed at The Manchester under an assumed name. The Channel 9 crew is there during the daylight. Probably the following morning when news reports started to surface.
The airport manager didn't really breach any security protocol. The news reports didn't surface with his comments until early the following more after she landed. From news reports, It seemed that he was aware of the flight and the flight plan.
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