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>Would it be possible to put down enough fill to allow a road to run
>around the runways. Perhaps install a viewing/parking/fishing area at
I had this daydream also.
Right after picturing how cool it would be to launch in clean strong
wind and closer to the channel, I start getting these images:
o Security. Remember the gulf war shut down? We'd be locked out
in a heartbeat.
o Plane crashes. Can you imagine airport officials explaining on
the evening news why the plane that slid off the runway also took
out 20 people and a 100 parked cars?
o Turbulence. Ever see the water spouts that form a few hundred
feet off the end of the runway at Embassy? Can you imagine what
they're like right at the end (or along the side) of the runway?
So much for clean wind.
- matt
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