Tag: sky harbor
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 spellWhy 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 ...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 ...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 ...
