Travel Tales: A Wing and a Prayerby Michele Cheplic | More from this Blogger 04 Aug 2008 07:39 PM With the sky-high airfare and insane service fees, airlines have become the target of many travelers ire. Airplanes, on the other hand, still hold a special place in some people's hearts, including Darren and Katie McWalters. The newlyweds say they are die-hard flyers and to prove it they recently exchanged wedding vows 1,000 feet above the earth strapped to the top of biplanes. The 23-year-old bride reportedly took to the skies dressed in her white wedding gown perched on the top wing of red-and-white plane operated by a group of stunt pilots. Meanwhile, her 24-year-old groom flew by her side on an identical plane. On the third plane sat a preacher, who flew ahead of the couple and married them over an airborne communications system. TV news video showed the bride's dress blowing wildly in the wind while she screamed her vows over the din of the plane. According to reports, special microphones relayed the ceremony to wedding guests who watched the uplifting ceremony from Rendcomb Airfield near the English city of Cirencester - 90 miles west of London. The couple had to cut their ride short when bad weather entered the area, but they still landed as husband and wife. Meanwhile, a woman in Ohio tried to wing her way through a construction zone to no avail... and now she wants the state to reimburse her for her efforts. According to news report, Carol Greenberg sent Michigan transportation officials a bill for the $16 she says she wasted on gasoline sitting in construction zone traffic. The woman says she tried to get out of a construction area on southbound Interstate 275 where it merges with I-75 near Newport, Michigan, about 27 miles north of Toledo, but couldn't. She also says there were no signs warning about the work on the lanes and the state is to blame. According to Greenberg, she sat in traffic for nearly an hour last month while trying to get home to the Toledo suburbs with her cat after a visit to a specialty veterinarian outside Detroit. In a response letter, the Michigan Department of Transportation says it's not able to reimburse drivers for time, wages, or gas lost in work zone back-ups. Related Articles: Sunday Travel Funnies: The Power of Prayer Sunday Travel Funnies: It's All How You Look at It Sunday Travel Funnies: Granny Puts Pedal to the Metal and Pilots Ask for God's Help to Land Safely Sunny Travel Funnies--Cross Country Crack-Ups Sunday Travel Funnies: Why Did the Turtle Cross the Road? Sunday Travel Funnies- "Don't Worry, It's ONLY A Safety Problem." Sunday Travel Funnies--Not Everyone Is Smiling Sunday Travel Funnies--So Weird You Have To Laugh Sunday Travel Funnies: Snakes, Shoes, and Swiss Cheese Sunday Travel Funnies-MapQuest: Not All It's Cracked Up To Be "You're No Sanjaya! You Have To Board Like Everyone Else." Learn more about Michele Cheplic  Michele Cheplic was born and raised in Hilo, Hawaii, but now lives in Wisconsin. Michele graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a degree in Journalism. Relevanttravel tags User Comments No comments on this article yet. Be the first to comment! Discuss this article
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