>> This is a part of an on going effort I sporadically make to
>> document my
>> home town before it's changed beyond recognition. For your
>> perusal, a
>> view of Griswold Airport looking down the East West runway. If the
>> developers have their way this will soon be the site of 145 units of
>
>> Luxury Condominiums, unfortunately.
>>
>> http://www.mindspring.com/~morephotos/PESO_--_griswoldairporte
>> wrunway.html
>>
>
> Is it really called Griswold? I thought Chevy Chase made that up.
>
> It seems a little odd to hear someone regret the passing of an airport
> for homes when here there is always someone protesting about new
> airports, either because they will destroy a wildlife haven, or
> because they have to flatten a thousand homes to make space for the
> runway.
>
> --
> Bob
>
Too bad.... looks exactly like the kind of airport I use all the
time for travel in my plane. Small airports like that are being closed at
an alarming rate (one every week!)
http://www.aopa.org/asn/airport_support.html
It's MUCH more difficult to build new airports than it is to
simply keep existing ones open.
-Cory
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* Cory Papenfuss, Ph.D., PPSEL-IA *
* Electrical Engineering *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University *
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