Nope -- heard of the town, of course, but that's all. Why -- you thinking of starting an international airline based there?
What is the current status on Wilmington Airport ?
Nope -- heard of the town, of course, but that's all. Why -- you thinking of starting an international airline based there?
No. Dad had mentioned seeing some race cars using the runway once. I know that you have looked around some of Michigan's Airports before, I didn't know if Wurtsmith had ever come up before. I also know that the biggest business on the field is operated by a guy who is probably pretty friendly to motorsports- Conrad Kalitta.
Signs of the times I guess. I too will be there as long as we are allowed usage.
I have looked around here in central and northern Florida for unused Airstrips and found a couple of possible venues.
NAS Cecil Field in Jacksonville Fla. was closed in 99. It is now owned by the city of Jacksonville and has 2.3mile runway (according to the Google Earth ruler). Wikipedia shows 3 runways all at 2.4miles and one at 3.8 miles.
Jacksonville
http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=30.218611,-81.876667&z=14&t=H&marker0=30.218611,-81.876667,Naval Air Station Cecil Field
MacDill AFB in Tampa was shutdown for awhile and then re-activated. I do know that MacDill has Airshows and other events throughout the year, so it may be something to look into. Their runway is 2 miles long. Shutdown after the 2 is up would be a bitch... runway ends at Tampa Bay.
MacDill
http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=27.849444,-82.521111&z=14&t=H&marker0=27.849444,-82.521111,MacDill Air Force Base
And.. A little info on the Gryphon Group. really don't need to Plymouth them off!
http://www.gryphonsecurity.com/index_2.htm
Grissom appears active military reserves ... that won't work ...sorry
Signs of the times I guess. I too will be there as long as we are allowed usage.As a retired Naval Aviation gut, I spent a lot of time at Cecil Field. The surface was smooth and in great shape. Florida in the winter sounds great to me. Longer trip, bit you go where the racing is.
I have looked around here in central and northern Florida for unused Airstrips and found a couple of possible venues.
NAS Cecil Field in Jacksonville Fla. was closed in 99. It is now owned by the city of Jacksonville and has 2.3mile runway (according to the Google Earth ruler). Wikipedia shows 3 runways all at 2.4miles and one at 3.8 miles.
Jacksonville
http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=30.218611,-81.876667&z=14&t=H&marker0=30.218611,-81.876667,Naval Air Station Cecil Field
MacDill AFB in Tampa was shutdown for awhile and then re-activated. I do know that MacDill has Airshows and other events throughout the year, so it may be something to look into. Their runway is 2 miles long. Shutdown after the 2 is up would be a bitch... runway ends at Tampa Bay.
MacDill
http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=27.849444,-82.521111&z=14&t=H&marker0=27.849444,-82.521111,MacDill Air Force Base
And.. A little info on the Gryphon Group. really don't need to Plymouth them off!
http://www.gryphonsecurity.com/index_2.htm
Thanks to all of you for your support .... Like you, we dig this place.... it's been our home for 17 yrs.... but we always knew this was a possiblility.. just part of the bigger picture... The airport authority has to make a living... and they have always said they would try to lease it long term...
The answer is it costs 1/4 million a year for a long term lease... and Gryphon has already signed that... so we're done, Unless of course our hero's there at Gryphon decide it's in their interest to continue working with us. Our hope is that by doing good work and taking care of the facility we can move forward and insure that the 2011 season comes off without a hitch... Sometime in the middle of this year or later we'll look at maybe a reduced schedule or some other kind of arrangement with them.... doesn't look good...
What does look good is that we're going to find something better.... that simple... there's a village out there looking for it's idiots and we frankly have the ability to fill that bill.......
Life is GOOD....
Keith
Right now .... rallying on our behalf wouldn't be productive....
this guy won't be there forever.... he's just there now...
K
Last space shuttle mission is this year . . .
Shuttle landing field at KSC is 15000 feet long.
Anybody know someone high-up in NASA?
Last space shuttle mission is this year . . .
Shuttle landing field at KSC is 15000 feet long.
Anybody know someone high-up in NASA?
Interesting, but I do know that NASA flys other research aircraft in some capacity. Isn't there a backup landing spot near White Sands, NM? I can't find it on google maps.
P.S.S.: Entropy I might have to bum a few rides with ya in 2012!
Also did mention AF base "North Field" which is a USAF auxilliary field, 10kft runway. No services etc and intermittently active for training as far as I can tell. Something about bird observations and no activity during that. I have birding contacts and will ask for info on that. If they close for counts, might close for racing???? This place is just south of Columbia SC. Be worth looking at. Great runway length if could be made available.
Will camping and RVs still be welcome at maxton for 2011.
I believe that one thing to remember about airports is that if the runway is active then FAA won't allow its use for anything except air traffic.
I believe that one thing to remember about airports is that if the runway is active then FAA won't allow its use for anything except air traffic.