Aero-News: Quote of the Day

ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and issues.

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"Would we be willing to fly them in our plane to Paris? ... Yeah, we'd be happy to do that."

Source: Columbia Sportswear CEO Tim Boyle's reply to his company pilot, Doug Perrill, when he was asked if he might loan the corporate jet out so that the mothers of the three American citizens (along with a British citizen) thwarted a terrorist attack on a train from Brussels to Paris last week -- and had been invited to attend a ceremony honoring their sons in Paris ... but had no way to get there. Perrill contacted Boyle at 9 o'clock Saturday night to ask if he could fly the trio in the company's Dassault Falcon 2000 to Paris. They were on their way in some 12 hours...

FMI: www.columbia.com