[Leica] RETROSPECT 15

[Philippe]

WOW - superb angle and rendition

Also, reminds me of my younger days when I was a cadet in the French Air Force ...


Amities

Philippe



> Le 8 mars 2020 à 04:50, Bill Clough via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> a écrit :
> 
> Hi there –
> 
> 
> The Strategic Air Command maintained a base in Amarillo, Texas. The paper
> devoted an entire issue to the base operations, which included my taking a
> 10-hour training mission in a B-52.
> 
> 
> In the same year of the special issue, Texas Panhandle voters chose
> Goldwater over LBJ. Johnson immediately closed the SAC base in retaliation.
> It took a number of years for Amarillo to recover from the economic hit.
> 
> 
> Until the new airport at Denver opened, Amarillo – thanks to the SAC base –
> had the second-longest runway in the United States.
> 
> 
> Remnants of the base remain, including a small frame house about
> half-a-mile away used to de-arm the nuclear weapons removed from planes
> rotating off the alert pad.
> 
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bill1941/RETROSPECT/Plotting_+Amarillo+SAC+Base_+1964+___+00322.jpg.html
> 
> 
> –Bill
> 
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