Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/03/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 ? 04:50, Bill Clough via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> a > ?crit : > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information