Everyone jokes about Iowa being one big cornfield, and the Cedar Rapids Iowa won't disabuse you of this notion; it's SURROUNDED by cornfields.
You can see the fields beyond the parking lot. But you can also see some sculptures that have been placed between the airport and the cornfields.I suppose it's an attempt to show arriving passengers that Iowa isn't all corn and pig farmers, and that they have art, too.
And not just any art: MODERN art.
The problem is that the sculptures kind of look like the tails of airplanes.That makes the message something like "WHEW! You had a better landing than THESE guys!"
I wonder if this one is called "Whoops!"
Many, many moons ago I was dating a woman who had a friend who had his pilot's license. One weekend we flew out to Bimini. The runway there is surrounded by a veritable airplane graveyard reminiscent of the B-17 scene from Heavy Metal. It made for an interesting view while landing.
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