?Could have been one of his planes. I think he owned several. The song is based on a true incident he had with the Teterboro tower.
Copied here:
March 16, 1983 ¨C Gone West ¨C Arthur M. Godfrey, the crusty radio and TV personality known for his relaxed, affable banter. A signature voice, once heard, not forgotten. Beginning in radio, he made a television movie in 1953. He took the controls of an Eastern Air Lines Lockheed Constellation airliner and flying to Miami, thus showing how safe airline travel had become. As a reserve officer, he used his public position to cajole the Navy into qualifying him as a Naval Aviator, and played that against the USAF, who later successfully recruited him into the Air Force Reserve. In January 1954, Godfrey buzzed the control tower at the Teterboro, NJ airport in his DC-3. His certificate was suspended for six months. He claimed that the windy conditions that day required him to turn immediately after takeoff, but in fact he was upset with the tower because they would not give him the runway that he requested. He later recorded a satirical song about the incident called "Teterboro Tower", roughly to the tune of "Wabash Cannonball".
On Wed, Mar 5, 2025, 11:09?PM Paul Rucker via <n4259b=[email protected]> wrote:
I believe Arthur was a V-Tail Bonanza guy. I remember seeing his airplane for sale on Controller.com a few years ago. It was still based up in northern Va. somewhere. I believe it was an older model like mine with the E-225 engine that had been updated to an IO-470.?
Paul
On Mar 4, 2025, at 7:50?AM, Mike Brown via <adrifter2=[email protected]> wrote:
