I find some of the answers on this webpage pretty darn convincing. As a matter of fact, I think this author has pretty much figured most of the show out. It’s a long read, but well worth it.
When I heard Charles Gibson and George Stephanopoulos were going to be broadcasting in Dallas, I naturally thought they were going to be broadcasting from new ultra cool Belo Studios at Victory Park where our local ABC affiliate is located. I thought it was a great opportunity to showcase one of the gems of the city.
Instead, they were broadcasting from outside the old WFAA building with a blah-blah view of a dark skyline.
From the sky, it looks like a giant swirling frothy coffee.
Yet this scene shows an extraordinary community at work – thousands of king penguins instinctively herding their recently born young into giant huddles to stop them freezing to death.
And a close up . . .
LAKE VILLA, Ill. – When Robert Kadera’s teenage son was running late for a tennis date near their northern Illinois home, Kadera came up with a novel way to avoid 45 minutes’ worth of traffic — fly. There was just one problem — he had to land, without permission, at a golf course. Now the Federal Aviation Administration is investigating, and local authorities are considering charges.
“We’re all pretty dumbfounded,” said Lincolnshire Police Chief Randy Melvin. “I don’t have any idea what the guy was thinking. He was going to park his plane across the street like nobody would notice.”
Kadera, a 65-year-old electrical engineer, flew his 14-year-old son, Isaac, in a four-seat 1949 Piper Clipper from their Lake Villa home to the golf course in Lincolnshire across a highway from the tennis club. They were on their way to the tennis club when authorities stopped them.
The plane had had to circle twice before landing Saturday afternoon, and witnesses called police, fearing there had been a crash.
Kadera, a Navy veteran with about 40 years of flying experience, wasn’t allowed to fly the plane home, and it had to be towed.
He said he thought flying his son would be “a convenient way to get him down there and get him to his tennis on time.”
And next time, he said, he’ll drive.