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Baz said:
Not without a tin-foil hat!
Any ideas (to scale) how long that runway is? Looks to be on a 34 / 16 heading. Must be several miles.....?
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If I'm not mistaken that long runway was for testing the U2 and or the YF-12 and SR-71. I don't believe its in use anymore but it extends out into the dry lakebed. I suppose if you're going to test experimental aircraft, it's the ideal place.

Hey! Watkins Glen is finally hi-res!

-Wm.
 
aerog said:
The airstrip used to be private, owned by the guy that made his fortune on "Nautilus" equipment.
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Is that the guy who collected exotic animals and used the strip for landing his jets that brought animals from Africa?

It was somwhere near Ocala.
 
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