Serving the High Plains
Serving the High Plains
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1968: U.S. Rep. Thomas G. Harris was among the dignitaries speaking during a dedication of a $500,000 expansion of Tucumcari's airport. Harris said hypersonic aircraft of the future will transport people from New York City to San Francisco in an hour. Ceremonies included a Snoopy character from the Peanuts comic strip parachuting onto the runway after being "shot down" by the Red Baron during an old-time dogfight aerobatics show over the airport. Local officials also met the crew of the U.S. Navy's Tucumcari PGH-2 gunboat. The crew flew into the airport for the ceremony.