Rickenbacker Causeway

stubby · Post by **stubby** » Wed May 25, 2005 5:46 pm

I hate to admit this...and it's really not me, but my kids that make me watch it, er, em...anyway, here goes. I was watching the Amazing Race the other night and they were in Florida. They had to cross over the Rickenbacker Causeway (or do something or other with this Causeway-I told you, I don't really watch the show). Anyway, is this causeway named after the Rickenbackers that this forum talks about? Is there a larger historical significance to this family outside of their guitar legacy. Or is it an entirely different origin for the causeway name? Excuse the ignorance, as a Canadian, I'm not really plugged into American history. Where does the name of this causeway come from?

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Wed May 25, 2005 7:38 pm

It's named after Eddie Rickenbacker, WWI flying ace and a relative of the founder of the guitar company bearing the name, Adolph Rickenbacker.

Mr. Rickenbacker sold the company to F.C. Hall. The current owner and CEO, John Hall, is F.C.'s son. He and his wife purchased the company from F. C., in the early 1980's.

Short--very short--history lesson.

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Thu May 26, 2005 4:06 am

Yeah..... make sure which Rickenbacker you're bidding for on eBay! I'd hate to see you pay $1500 for a freakin' postage stamp!!

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Thu May 26, 2005 6:45 am

...or for a freakin' causeway in Florida.

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Thu May 26, 2005 10:14 am

I dunno, Dane..... isn't that the going 'street' price for a causeway?

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Fri May 27, 2005 7:29 am

Just for out-of-towners...