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Abandoned & Little Used Airfields
KiranWolf writes "I ran across this page doing some research on a local historical landmark. It has detailed histories and photos of more than 500 abandoned and little used airfields throughout the U.S., many of them dating back to the heyday of aviation. It's rather amazing how many small unknown airfields dot the landscape."
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as potential autocross locations.
My favorite is Big Beaver Airport in Michigan. I kid you not - Big Beaver is Exit 69 on Interstate 75.
could one of these airfields be where my luggage ended up?
Just wondering...
-Goran
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Did you know you can fertilize your lawn with used motor oil?
Why couldn't you put the bunny back in the box?
"OK Kids, off the playground, a plane's about to land" ??
What would Brian Boitano do?
I was surprised that they did not mention the airstrip at Disney World in Florida, adjacent to the approach road to the Magic Kingdom. Perhaps because it is no longer recognized by the FAA, and is instead being used for bus staging.
According to this page, Imagineers built grooves into the runway which would cause aircraft axles to rattle off "Zip-a-dee-doo-dah" upon take-off or landing.
I think it is because air travel was one of the more appropriate and popular post-war ways to travel domestically in the US, because of the States' size.
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In the UK, however, we just have broken and abandoned railway stations (Dr. Beeching?).
Or is that our current railway system?
Smokey, this is not 'Nam, this is bowling. There are rules.
If you're into abandoned airstrips, you should try trainspotting.
Now that's some truly exciting shit!
I think we just ran over that page. :^)
One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
...all your abandoned airfield are belong to us!
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you sir, are certianly in the right place.
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I sure hope you were talking about the planes rather than the pilots...