Worst sound in airplane....nothing!

[PrairieSpyder]

I always heard it was one out of every seven, but according to snopes.com it is not true at all.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/landing-of-hope-and-glory/

My only problems with that fact-check are: a) the numerous small private airports would not necessarily be long enough for many military aircraft; and b) using aircraft carriers has the same problem and wouldn't help much in Kansas.

This also brings to mind when I lived in St. Louis, home of McDonald-Douglas, Monsanto, and a major communications hub between eastern and western US. We were told it would be a target if the Ruskies decided to send atomic weapons. So they had an evacuation plan for the routes people should take to leave the metro area. It was a joke. Daily rush hour was already bumper-to-bumper! So the interstates would be full of traffic going nowhere.

 

[RinconRyder]

I always heard it was one out of every seven, but according to snopes.com it is not true at all.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/landing-of-hope-and-glory/

Eisenhower's actual intent for the Interstate Highway System was for the rapid movement of military land forces in the event of another WWII-type war.

 

[JerryB]

Hi RinconRyder,

Re: Eisenhower's actual intent for the Interstate Highway System was for the rapid movement of military land forces in the event of another WWII-type war.

^^^^^ This.

Once he saw the autobahns, he knew what he wanted to do.

Jerry Baumchen

PS) The amount of unfactual posting on here boggles the mind.

 

[ofdave]

here is some information
it's actually pretty interesting

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_Highway_System

http://mentalfloss.com/article/67990/10-things-you-might-not-know-about-us-interstate-system

https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2006/summer/interstates.html