I've often thought a re-creation of the DST [Douglas Sleeper
Transport, or DC 3 with beds] would be a great attraction
for taking gamblers to the casino. Ten bed, 10
stewardesses, a pilot and co-pilot, ten paying passengers
and the stewardesses take tips. This would fulfill the
often heard comment, "Why don't you take a flying______?"

This place www.kawnation.com advertises on the radio here in
Wichita. They say, "located just one mile east of THE
traffic light in Newkirk, OK."

The traffic light!




"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
oups.com...
| "Our" new casino, built to the tune of over $100 million,
opened last
| week in Riverside, IA, just one town south of us. Iowa
City's airport
| is the closest, so we expect to see some traffic because
of this,
| although, of course, they've built their own hotel, so it
may actually
| *hurt* our business...
|
| Anyway, for those of you who enjoy gambling, there is now
yet another
| reason to come visit us!
|
| (An aside. This area is really becoming quite amazing.
In a single
| day, you can see Amish on horse and buggies, eat lunch in
Amana (a
| large German, formerly communal settlement that is Iowa's
biggest
| tourist attraction), play some black jack at the casino
for lunch, and
| attend a world-class play or concert at the University in
the evening.
| All without traffic or crime.)
|
| Say what you want about gambling, the casinos usually bend
over
| backwards to provide service to pilots, under the (often
false)
| assumption that we've got money to burn. Which leads to
the subject
| line.
|
| We routinely visit the casino in Prairie du Chein, WI, not
because we
| like to gamble, but because we enjoy their airport
pick-up/drop-off
| service, and their (*burp*) buffets. Just a week or two
ago, we
| joined Jim & Tami Burns in a flight to the "Ho-Chunk
Casino" (I'm NOT
| making that name up) in Baraboo/Wisconsin Dells -- once
again, just to
| eat. (Ho-Chunk is pretty cool, actually, with a very
"Cabela's-like"
| indoor mountain/water fall, marred only by the thick blue
cigarette
| smoke atmosphere...)
|
| I'm sure there are others that we haven't yet
discovered -- but the
| plane is gassed and ready to go! Where are the fly-in
casinos in
| *your* neck of the woods?
| --
| Jay Honeck
| Iowa City, IA
| Pathfinder N56993
| www.AlexisParkInn.com
| "Your Aviation Destination"
|