Message posted by Tom Mahood on July 04, 2000 at 19:31:26 EST:
> What you say makes a lot of sense to me. Except for one When I refered to the line being down, I meant only that portion in the far northern reaches, Areas 19 and 20. Apparently there's not a real need for it, so maintaining it up there is a low priority. > Also, wasn't there an ex-pilot who claims he frequently I've never heard of anyone specifically saying he flew into Area 19. I heard a secondhand story from a professional pilot who had some buddies that claimed they flew "somewhere" and landed at a disguised field. He thought they had indicated a spot at Area 19 on his map, but he wasn't sure. BTW, now that the Terraserver and Ikonos photos are easily available, notice how hard it would be to hide a runway for jet aircraft? The landing skid marks stand out like a sore thumb! Look how easy it was to tell which of the Groom runways were active. Tom
> detail: You say the powerline is the backbone for the NTS,
> and then that it is frequently down in winter, due to bad
> weather. Wouldn't that affect the entire Test Site?
> flew to an airstrip in Area 19, to drop off personnel?
In Reply to: Re: Area 19 - May it RIP posted by Joerg (Webmaster) on July 04, 2000 at 15:55:20 EST:
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