The Dublin Citizen (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 25, 1991 Page: 3 of 8
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Our overhead lines are
powerful and you could
get hurt.”
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Lineman
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lineman with ’l l Klectrie I
work with overhead power
lines that bring electrical
service to our homes. Hut
unfortunately, every year
some people come into contact
with these high wires and are
seri.ously injured or even
killed (tflen they may he
simply trimming their own
trees, installing a TV antenna
or just cleaning a pool with a
long handled pole.
Kleetrival safely is a priority
Tht se types ol accidents can
lie easily avoided It people
would ptst look up lyeep all
ol'tects away front overhead
power lines At I I Klectrie.
we ( are about your safety
So give yourself a little
distance
We rare about your safety.
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Thursday, July 25,1991
The Dublin Citizen
Page 3
AIRPLANE —
Cont. from page 1
377 South between the roadside
park and the county line. Unbek-
nownst to the young pilot, the
Lee Campbell Ranch private
landing strip was a mile away and
the Dublin airport only four to
five miles away.
When Walker arrived on the
scene, the Cessna 152, much
smaller than Walker’s own
Cessna 175, was sitting in the bar
ditch, listing slightly to starboard.
“I had what might be described
as a conversation with the pilot
and he told me, I think, that
there was nothing wrong with the
plane,” Walker said. “I thought
to myself, you don’t usually land
a plane with ’nothing wrong with
it’ on a highway - especially the
highway that leads to the liquor
stores on a very hot Saturday
afternoon just as thousands of
people get off work for the week-
end.”
Well, Walker had already mis-
sed his nap and been subjected to
the cruelest form of torture in
the back of the patrol car, so he
figured he might as well proceed
with this adventure. Besides, he
thought naively, what else can go
wrong. (That question was to be
answered in about three minutes.
It should have been a clue when
his high-fashioned straw Panama
hat blew off.)
“So Virgil Thompson heads off
south to block traffic so I can
take off into the wind and I puli
out onto the highway which is a
pretty strange place to be taxiing
an airplane in the first place.
After I rolled under some over-
head high line wires, the rest of
the ‘runway’ looked good, at least
what I could see of it since it
went uphill and then veered to
the left behind a grove of trees."
“I was plenty careful, let me tell
you,” he said. “I had plenty of air
speed since I wasn’t familiar with
the plane. It was pretty hot and
the density altitude increased the
length of the ground roll. In fact,
it increased it so much that I
became very concerned about
avoiding some metal to metal
contact with some obstacle on the
ground, particularly Virgil’s DPS
car. Let him explain THAT to his
bosses.”
“But I left the ground and did a
turn to head towards the Dublin
airport. Just as I started to relax a
little - don’t EVER relax in
somebody else’s plane - the right
door popped open. I don’t know
what I said for sure but possibly
not something to be quoted in a
family newspaper.”
“Sure, sometimes the doors
pop open in a trainer,” Walker
admitted. “It’s not that uncom-
mon. Bu| it certainly is unnerv-
ing.”
Wondering if he would have to
be shot out of the sky since the
hot air was trying to keep him
aloft, Walker made a landing he
could brag about. (Some people
say any landing you walk away
from is one to brag about.)
Finally the cameras were gbhe,
the law enforcement vehicles
Walker taxiing down the runway (oops, highway), heading at fall speed toward
DPS patrol car.
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were gone, the spectators were
gone, and the small Cessna waS
latched very tightly to the apron.
Walker and his wife, Ida, who
seemed not at alt surprised by
this turn of events (but then she’s
been married to Larry a long
time) loaded up the young Saudi
pilot and took him to Dairy
Queen to feed him and wait for
the owners to arrive in Dublin so
they could ferry their plane back
to Mecham Field.
Keeping in mind that it was
very, very hot last Saturday after-
noon, the Walker’s were not
surprised when Notwani ordered
a coke. But they were surprised
that he ordered it without ice.
Perhaps not so odd when you
think of what a rare commodity
ice is on an Arabian desert.
The adventure ended and the
Walker’s headed home. After all,
Larry had to pick up where he
left off, which was in the middle
of a nap.
Asked whether he would be
willing to have his nap interrup-
ted again in order to play hero,
the sparkle in his eye and the
ear-to-ear grin seemed sufficient
response.
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Larsh of Brady announce the
engagement of their daughter Michelle Rae to
Marty Wayne Pack, son of > Linda Spindor of
Stephenville and Ronny Pack of Oklahoma. The
wedding is set for August 24 in St. Paul’s Episcopal
Church in Brady. Miss Larsh is attending Tarleton
State University and Pack is manager of Gifford’s
TV in Granbury.
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Wright, Karen. The Dublin Citizen (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 25, 1991, newspaper, July 25, 1991; Dublin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth761818/m1/3/: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dublin Public Library.