Pistons donate plane to Northland College
James Jahnke of the Detroit Free Press:
The Detroit Pistons today donated their former team plane, a DC-9 aircraft named Roundball One, to the Northland Community & Technical College Foundation to support the college’s aerospace programs.
The DC-9 aircraft served as the Pistons’ team plane in 1998-2010. The club’s latest Roundball One, a MD-20 aircraft, debuted last season.
Northland is in Minnesota, and especially with all of Tom Gores’ talk about supporting the community, is there not a Michigan school that could have used the plane? That’s a genuine question. I have no idea.
If not, bravo to the Pistons for helping Northland. If so, why not donate in the community?
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Feb 10, 2012 • 3:17 am
by Birdman84
Well, a quick Google search reveals that U of Mich has an aerospace engineering program, but it’s possible that they didn’t need the plane.
Feb 10, 2012 • 8:31 am
by geoff
I’m pretty sure that Western Michigan University has one of the only internatioal aviation colleges in the nation
Feb 10, 2012 • 3:27 pm
by James Jackson
I think that donating is an important part of a person’s life. I’ve got a full-time job so I can’t get out there and volunteer but I like to donate a little bit of my money. My favorite charity is Nourishing USA they help people to do good in their local communities. Check ‘em out and donate if you want. http://www.nourishingusa.org