Murray was accompanied by his wife and son on a morning flight from Nashville, Southwest s actual inaugural trip into Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport.
He said his flight had gone well, then smiled and shared a secret as he waited with dignitaries and members of the news media for the noontime arrival of the ceremonial inaugural flight, which came in from Dallas amid much fanfare and a water cannon salute. I had to do a go-around coming in, he said. So actually, I got to do the first two approaches.
Murray said he had to pass on his first landing effort to allow a military plane to take off from the runway Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport shares with Eglin Air Force Base.