DAPPER DAN'S DREAM!

        SATURDAY, AUGUST 24TH., 2019
              DAPPER DAN'S DREAM

   Pocono Raceway has played host to some
of the world's fastest drivers over the years.
   But the motors showing up at the raceway
today could leave the NASCAR vehicles
and their drivers in the dust.
   On this day the Pocono Raceway is home
to its first Air Show!
   The events and demonstrations one would
expect to see at a large airport will take place
over "the Tricky Triangle!"
    They'll be sky divers, aerobatic flights,
super sonic jet planes, and even a
reenactment of the attack on Pearl Harbor
(Tora, Tora, Tora).
     I think a lot of folks will be surprised
to see all that air action above a race car
speedway!
     What may surprise some more is the
fact  the raceway could have become a
huge International Airport!
      Many years ago the late Congressman
Dan Flood envisioned creating a major
airport in that section of the Poconos.
"Dapper Dan" saw it as a facility which
would actually serve New York City as
well as his congressional district!
      I don't know what happened to
kill the proposal but it's interesting for
me to think back and imagine flying
 just about anywhere in the world,
directly, out of an area just a few miles
away from Wilkes-Barre and Scranton!
     Hope the Airshow is a big success.
Maybe it will revive Dan's sky high dream!.
     Additionally, hope all your NEWS
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