I believe the plan was landing, not taking off. What I think is so ironic is the trip was only like 120 miles. That would've only been 2 hours by highway...

I hate those puddle-jumpers. I had to fly in one once, from L.A. to San Diego. I drank the fastest, and the most, I'd ever drunk on a plane before. It was a terrible flight, shadowing the coastline just over the water.

You can't pay me to fly anymore. My fear of heights has gotten worse and worse, to the point where I can barely stand to go up the stairs of my townhouse sometimes.

The plane was taking off. Early word is some sort of mechanical failure. News just in of another plane crash in Turkey with 79 killed and 8 survivors.

I have to fly if I want to see the people who write this blog and my family in Maryland. Direct flight from Little Rock to BWI takes 2 hr. and 15 minutes.