U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis said putting people who disrupt airplane flights to protest facemask mandates should not be put on a “no-fly list,” as it would put them on the same footing as terrorists.
Sen. Anthony Bouchard, R-Cheyenne, said Wyoming sell its two jets used for transporting state employees in lieu of raising taxes, but some officials have pushed back against this idea.
The state’s two twin-engine passenger jets — nicknamed “Wyoming’s Air Force” — spend most of their time ferrying state officials around Wyoming, but about 10 percent of the flights leave the state, according to state records.
The eyes go the skies when vintage aircraft signal their arrival. A Wisconsin group made it to Casper this weekend to spread the joy of flight and show off a 90-year-old passenger plane from the era of Charles Lindbergh.
