Training sled.
They have an Olympic flame at the training center.
Up in the mountains of Colorado Springs. Did not do much walking as I thought it was going to rain. Of course it did not.
The Figure Skating Hall of Fame. I was not aware right around the time I was born the 1961 US Olympic skating team all died in a plane crash. This set the stage for Peggy Fleming as a 15 year old to claim the 1964 US title and usher in a new era for figure skating.
From figure skating to the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame. Only person I knew was Gene Autry! He was a major stock promotor for a couple of decades.
The best stop of the day was the Olympic Training Center. I did meet up with Jim Gottreid of Trading Bases at a card shop and dinner at Bubba's. They have more TV's than booths. Got to watch a rare Tigers win.
Sabena Flight 548 ( Boeing 707) crashed en route from New York City to Brussels, Belgium, on February 15, 1961, killing 73 people, including the entire U.S. figure skating team.
ReplyDeleteThe Boeing had to abort its landing at Brussels because of an aircraft blocking one of the runways, and tried to climb and circle towards another one. It started banking dangerously, but the attempts to level its wings caused it to spiral rapidly down to the ground, where it crashed on a farm.