Dave Hingsberger flies. He also uses a wheelchair. That's enough right there to spin off several seasons of Emmy-award winning programming for television. It could be tragedy. It could be comedy. It would never be boring!
Here is part of an account from of his blog Chewing the Fat about passing through security while flying with his partner Joe:
There was annoyance all over Joe's face. I know, I know, that sometimes he wishes I'd just let it go. We were at the airport going through security. They found the small kit of Allan wrenches that we use to adjust things on my wheelchair. We've been using them more lately because one of my footrests has been acting up and regularly sliding down.The woman looked at the wrenches like she'd found a bomb and told me, 'These are not allowed.' Now we've flown with these regularly, never having them taken away. I didn't want to give them up because, when we lost the first batch it was very difficult to find the right ones again. In fact we bought four or five sets to put together this set.
I mentioned to the security guard that we had flown with them before, that they were part of the wheelchair and that I was concerned about needing them while in the airport or after landing. She simply said, as if I hadn't said a word, "These are not allowed."
Read on here:
http://davehingsburger.blogspot.com/2008/09/acw.html
Posted by rollingrains at September 26, 2008 06:21 PM