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Regional airport renamed to honor Jimmy Carter
Unless you fly a crop duster or private plane, chances are you'll never have anything to do with Souther Field in Americus, GA. However, despite its small size, this airport is in the news after the local city council decided to rename it after Jimmy Carter. This measure has annoyed some citizens groups, as the original name for the airport was not without its own history.
Souther Field was named after Henry Souther, who helped develop the airfield, and the landing strip was where Charles Lindbergh made his first ever solo flight.
The newly named Jimmy Carter regional airport is 20 miles from Plains, the hometown of the former President.
This small regional airport does not have an officially recognized IATA airport code, so don't bother trying to find it on your favorite airline booking site.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 6)
leatherman1457 Oct 19th 2009 2:16PM
Better to name this after a president that got the nobel peace prize than to name it after the father of al qudia like regan international in california. Carter did more for world peace and for the united states than all of the republicon presidents combined did. every republicon president after Carter was by all definitions was a terrorist and they should have all been arrested for crimes against humanity. Carter was and still is a much greater man and president than all those nasty republicons and republicons know that, that is why they bad mouth him. they wish they were 10% the man and president his was.and is.
E Oct 19th 2009 2:31PM
Ha! Ha! Ha! Don't you ever read history?? Carter equals runaway inflation, plunging economy, oil prices doubled, gave away the Panama Canal, looked like an idiot when Iran took over the U.S. Embassy... And, he still doesn't know what he is doing!!f Maybe naming the airport after him will get him all excited and he will stay on his peanut farm and keep his mouth shut!!!
Floyd Oct 19th 2009 2:33PM
I think you are the only person on earth that doesn't agree that Carter was the worst president in our liftime. You obviously weren't alive or old enough to remember the disasters that his administration unleashed on the economy which explains why you probably voted for the current assault on our freedoms and constitution. We all pay and will continue to pay for the ignorance of your kind. It breaks my heart to see where people like you are taking our great country!
Diana Oct 19th 2009 2:48PM
Are you crazy and why are you so mad at President Regan?
ms.r Oct 19th 2009 2:52PM
sad the tainted the peace prize by given it to a fool with so many to choise from
Keith Oct 19th 2009 2:52PM
The only thing that Jimmy Carter has going for him is that Barry is headed toward taking the title of worst ever POTUS away from him.
kris Oct 19th 2009 3:03PM
Please. For the love of God, you retard, LEARN TO SPELL.....
carmen Oct 19th 2009 3:27PM
The ONLY thing Carter did that was worthwhile is Habitat for Humanity. I was 10 when Carter elected and the only things I remember about that time was the family struggling to make ends meet, odd and even days at the gas stations, wearing bulky clothes in the winter INDOORS because our gratious leader told us to set the thermostat at 68 degrees and the Iran hostage crisis. A great 4 years in American history!
Tina Oct 19th 2009 3:51PM
An alarming trend these days is that so many people think that history started on the day they were born....and because they never bother to find out the REAL truth about anything before or near that point, they are the perfect empty vessels for use by those who train them to repeat everything they're instructed to repeat. Leather, you've completed your recital admirably.
maximum joe Oct 19th 2009 4:53PM
LOL! Carter? Really? Mark my words, some day the same thing will happen with NObama!
diomasach Oct 19th 2009 6:22PM
Actually it is kind of a fitting tribute to Jimmy Carter. He gets a little airstrip in the middle of nowhere named after him while Reagan gets a major international airport. Matches the relative stature of the two as leaders quite nicely.
A4MANBOB Oct 19th 2009 6:50PM
YOUR LIB TEACHERS TAUGHT YOY WELL
Tom Oct 19th 2009 8:12PM
Anyone that would consider Jimmy Carter as a great President clearly was not alive at the time of his administration. It was the worst 4 years of a President since I've been alive. Inflation was unlike we have ever seen. In 1976 a new corvette sticker price was $6300 by 1980 it was $18,000. You could only get gas on the odd even days of your license plate number and we should have bombed Iran back to the stone age. IT WAS TERRIBLE and I remember having the same feeling that I have now with this president. People born during prosperous times have NO point of reference but they soon will have I fear.
david Oct 19th 2009 2:24PM
If anyone deserves to have a sewage treatment plant named after him it's that boob. Arguable the worst president in modern history, not including sitting president.
Scott Oct 19th 2009 6:16PM
Arguable to one who does not comprehend history perhaps.
alschrod Oct 19th 2009 2:33PM
What a nice gesture for one of our most under-rated presidents! A lot of us made fun of him for having a beer-drinking brother and the family peanut farms, but he was a decent man that let common sense guide him. All our present fiscal problems were predicted by him, but nobody listened. too bad they couldn't find a larger airport to rename for him.
Randy Oct 19th 2009 2:53PM
Carter didn't do jack as president! He fumbled his way through OUR four years. Now he tries to meddle into news events that he has absolutely no knowledge of, making comments without any thought what so ever. Hmmmm...just like the years he was prsident!
rohrscheibcroh Oct 19th 2009 2:56PM
floyed i was an i have the most respect for this man sure it was sad to see the canal go but he had no choise an he has helped in my book more than any .i had food shelter can they say that now or can you say forclosure i know u can. unemplyment holidays are comming hows your looking for yah
pam Oct 19th 2009 2:59PM
carter maybe a good man but he was a sorry a$$ president and he also does not like jews....he is an old joke
Scott Oct 19th 2009 6:15PM
I'd hazard a guess you were likely very small during the Carter years, or perhaps not even born.