A big bird

landed at Peachtree City's Falcon Field last Thursday evening. No, it

wasn't yellow but it did have a wide wingspan.

The Great Georgia

Air Show hosted the monthly Fayette County Chamber of Commerce After Hours

and a part of the program included the landing of a Delta Air Lines ASA

Connection airplane.

The CRJ7800

is one of 100 new jet planes in the ASA system. ASA employees 5,000 people

and is celebrating its 25th anniversary.

The plane has

a wing span of 76 feet and can cruise at 544 miles per hour. Its 2,945

gallons of fuel will carry it 1,685 miles.

Attendees were

given a numbered tag and 20 numbers were called out for a ride. The plane

came in about 115 miles per hour and took off with its passengers for

a 45-minute ride. Heading for Columbus, it flew over West Point Lake and

headed back.

It was announced

that the Great Georgia Air Show will be Sept. 6-7 this year.

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