Nbadan
04-13-2007, 02:29 PM
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WASHINGTON, (AP) -- Air Force Two carrying Vice President Dick Cheney struck a bird as the plane neared O'Hare International Airport on Friday. The aircraft landed safely.
Mechanics checked the plane while Cheney spoke at the Heritage Foundation's annual leadership conference, but the incident did not delay his departure from the airport to return to Washington.
"A bird hit the right engine of the plane upon landing," said Megan McGinn, a spokeswoman for Cheney. "He was told after he delivered his remarks."
... After the speech, Cheney, accompanied by his daughter, Liz Cheney, made an unannounced stop so they could buy a birthday gift for one of his granddaughters. Cheney posed for pictures with little girls while Liz Cheney secured a doll with a Western cowboy hat and get-up.
Linky (http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/04/13/national/w110306D27.DTL)
It's a common custom for birds to yell out their presence in the vicinity of planes, and the bird did not follow that set protocol. The bird got peppered pretty good. Cheney's handlers waited for him to get good and sober before announcing the bird's demise.
he..he..check this out (http://thegooddemocrat.wordpress.com/2007/04/03/darth-cheney-hides-behind-the-shrubbery/)
WASHINGTON, (AP) -- Air Force Two carrying Vice President Dick Cheney struck a bird as the plane neared O'Hare International Airport on Friday. The aircraft landed safely.
Mechanics checked the plane while Cheney spoke at the Heritage Foundation's annual leadership conference, but the incident did not delay his departure from the airport to return to Washington.
"A bird hit the right engine of the plane upon landing," said Megan McGinn, a spokeswoman for Cheney. "He was told after he delivered his remarks."
... After the speech, Cheney, accompanied by his daughter, Liz Cheney, made an unannounced stop so they could buy a birthday gift for one of his granddaughters. Cheney posed for pictures with little girls while Liz Cheney secured a doll with a Western cowboy hat and get-up.
Linky (http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/04/13/national/w110306D27.DTL)
It's a common custom for birds to yell out their presence in the vicinity of planes, and the bird did not follow that set protocol. The bird got peppered pretty good. Cheney's handlers waited for him to get good and sober before announcing the bird's demise.
he..he..check this out (http://thegooddemocrat.wordpress.com/2007/04/03/darth-cheney-hides-behind-the-shrubbery/)