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  • ArtOdd ObservationsValley of the Sun
    By Sam Lowe
    July 22, 2012
    1983
    0

    Oddities Need Updating, Too

    It is not unusual that some Arizona Oddities have differing stories behind their origins. Take, for example, the big sign made of rocks on Signal Butte in the Usery Mountains. The most common belief is that in the 1950s, Boy Scouts scouted up the rocks, painted them white and arranged them to spell
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  • Odd ObservationsValley of the Sun
    By Andrea Aker
    December 5, 2010
    4438
    4

    Why Doesn’t Sky Harbor Airport have a Terminal 1?

    Q: Why, when you drive into Phoenix SkyHarbor International Airport, is there a sign that says there are three terminals: 2, 3 and 4? Where I come from, we started counting at “one.” A: That sign just nags at you every time you see it, doesn’t it? It’s like a picture that isn’t quite straight or ...
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  • Valley of the Sun
    By Andrea Aker
    June 16, 2010
    8236
    7

    How did Sky Harbor International Airport Get its Name?

    Q: How did Sky Harbor International Airport get its name? A: We take up this question with some reluctance because the entire staff and faculty of Valley 101 has a deep abhorrence of airports, which extends to even writing about them. At the same time, however, we always thought Sky Harbor was a cool name, in ...
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  • Valley of the SunWeather Talk
    By Andrea Aker
    August 17, 2009
    2083
    5

    Frying, Not Flying, in High Heat

    I think the last time we did the egg-frying thing was in 1990, when it hit 122 on June 26. It was so hot that some big jets were grounded at Sky Harbor International Airport. This is why, according to Arv Schultz, a retired commercial pilot and publisher of Arizona Airways and the Sky Harbor ...
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