Should you’re of a sure age, you might bear in mind a basic 1978 episode of “WKRP in Cincinnati” that featured the radio station’s Thanksgiving promotion of dropping turkeys from a helicopter into a shopping mall car parking zone.
The one downside was that home turkeys can’t fly.
The following chaos, with birds plummeting from the sky was breathlessly reported, a la the Hindenburg catastrophe, by intrepid newsman Les Nessman, performed by Richard Sanders.
With that inspiration and one important distinction, the group on the Hiller Aviation Museum has been recreating the stunt the previous few years and can achieve this once more Wednesday morning. The Hiller model is much more enjoyable — with no feathered carnage available.
As a substitute of reside birds, about 500 little foam turkeys shall be tossed from a helicopter to the bottom across the San Carlos museum at 11 a.m.
Children — and adults — are welcome to take dwelling the squeezable fowl as a memento, and there’ll even be a turkey hunt contained in the museum. Tickets are required, and you may get extra data at hiller.org.
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