ELP_WN_Psgr
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- Nov 29, 2003
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They no longer use it, but for YEARS WN crews overnighting in Harlingen stayed at a 50's vintage tourist court known as the Sun Valley Motor Inn.
It wasn't fancy but it was clean and the folks who owned it were long-time WN fans. In fact, at one time, Mr. George Young was about the only guy in the Valley who was welcoming WN to town with open arms.
When the hotel's courtesy van was tied up...and a crew wanted to go into town to get something to eat or run to the store......hotel employees would ordinarily just give them the keys to their own automobile. There was definitely a family relationship between WN and the hotel folks....and remember, this is Harlingen we're talking about, not NYC.
In fact, it was Mr Young who bought the first WN ticket on a flight out of HRL. Of course, the VP-Ground Ops couldn't get the cash register to work quite right as they set it up and the fare rang up as 15 cents rather than 15 dollars.
But that was the topical (or tropical, for that matter) reference....I don't guess FA30 ever overnighted in HRL when the Sun Valley was still the hotel of choice.
It wasn't fancy but it was clean and the folks who owned it were long-time WN fans. In fact, at one time, Mr. George Young was about the only guy in the Valley who was welcoming WN to town with open arms.
When the hotel's courtesy van was tied up...and a crew wanted to go into town to get something to eat or run to the store......hotel employees would ordinarily just give them the keys to their own automobile. There was definitely a family relationship between WN and the hotel folks....and remember, this is Harlingen we're talking about, not NYC.
In fact, it was Mr Young who bought the first WN ticket on a flight out of HRL. Of course, the VP-Ground Ops couldn't get the cash register to work quite right as they set it up and the fare rang up as 15 cents rather than 15 dollars.
But that was the topical (or tropical, for that matter) reference....I don't guess FA30 ever overnighted in HRL when the Sun Valley was still the hotel of choice.