oh they use it alright, i just don't think at 10,000' it was specifically designed for them... never seen a drone yet needed that much runway unless like i said maybe for space drones but even then it's prolly have to be the size of the shuttle
Posted on 03/09/2016 5:39:28 PM PST by Kaslin
A mysterious, mile-long landing strip in the remote Nevada desert could be the home base for testing sensors on a top-secret fleet of drones, security experts speculate.
The asphalt landing strip is in Area 6 of the Yucca Flat test site, about 12 miles northeast of the infamous Area 51 that has long been the subject of conspiracy theories. In Area 6, a handful of hangars with clamshell doors are clustered at one end of the airstrip, images from Google Earth reveal.
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You'd burn a couple of gallons of fuel in a a C-172 just to taxi to the end of that thing.
My first thought was an antenna farm of some sort or sensors - storage would require bunkers or some structures to protect from the weather, even if there isn’t much, there is still temperature changes which would effect things in uncontrolled open air storage.
Very small planes?
Plattsburgh AFB was a B-47 base. So was Pease AFB, NH, where I was stationed for eight years. It also had a two-mile-long runway and we often used almost all of it for takeoff.
God help us if Americans do not jnow how many feet there are in a mile.
I don’t know how long a nautical mile is.
I know it is a bit longer than a regular mile. Probably 6000 feet or a bit more.
“What needs nearly a mile long runway?”
Most commercial/military runways are two miles long.
LOL
I suppose it’s possible that could be desolation row.
I work for a manufacturing firm. We have a drafting department where I would bet only about 4 out of 16 know how many feet are in a mile, or how many yards are in the same mile.
Just ask someone you know for the answer, you may be shocked at the lack on knowledge.
I occasionally scan the NTS slump craters immediately north of this runway for changes, and have been observing this site since before the summer of 2005, when the runway was paved.
It is no longer in the public Google Earth database, but, ca 2009, Google Earth showed a clear view of a drone (approximately Global Hawk size) being towed from the hangers on the west side out toward the runway.
In the current Google Earth PDB, at 12/1/2006, there is an OHI of the clamshell hanger under construction, with an exec. jet and twin-prop parked west of the other hangars.
Google Earth has removed the OHIs of the clamshell doors being installed from the current PDB, but the OHI at 3/13/2011 shows the clamshell doors partly open.
And, yes, the runway is 5,000 feet long, mark-to-mark...
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FWIW, the center of the circular area inside the fence is ~24.5 miles SW (heading 205.6 degrees) from the pad where the transient F-16s park at Area 51.
Disclaimer: None of the above is restricted information. It was obtainedvia observation and measurements from publicly accessible OHI on Google Earth.
I occasionally scan the hundreds of NTS slump craters immediately north of this runway for changes, and have been observing this airstrip site since before the summer of 2005, when the runway was paved.
It is no longer in the public Google Earth database, but, ca ~2009, Google Earth showed a clear view of a drone (approximately Global Hawk size) being towed from the hangers on the west side out toward the runway.
In the current Google Earth PDB, at 12/1/2006, there is an OHI of the clamshell hanger under construction, with an exec. jet and twin-prop parked west of the other hangars.
Google Earth has removed the OHIs of the clamshell doors being installed from the current PDB, but the OHI at 3/13/2011 shows the clamshell doors partly open.
And, yes, the runway is 5,000 feet long, mark-to-mark...
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The location given in the article: "about 12 miles northeast of the infamous Area 51" is hogwash, too. That area is mountainous, and there is no airstrip there. (It is, of course somewhat in the direction of Rachel, NV, of UFO-watcher fame -- and, where, if you look at the 11/13/2006 Google Earth image, you will see a larger-than-football field portrait of Colonel Sanders (of KFC fame) smiling up at you...)
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FWIW, the center of the circular area inside the"Area 6" fence is ~24.5 miles SW (heading 205.6 degrees) from the pad where the transient F-16s park at Area 51.
Disclaimer: None of the above is restricted information. It was obtained via observation and measurements from publicly accessible OHI on Google Earth.
See my #72.
I observed at least one drone there...
That's not the only strange installation in that vicinity.
And you neglected to mention that it is only 2.3 miles SW of the airstrip in question...
oh they use it alright, i just don't think at 10,000' it was specifically designed for them... never seen a drone yet needed that much runway unless like i said maybe for space drones but even then it's prolly have to be the size of the shuttle
Read what I wrote. I measured it (M to M) at 5,000 feet -- and, (as I mentioned) they also fly bizjets and twinprops in & out of there...
(As others mentioned, a mile is 5,280 feet )approximately the entire paved length -- including "chevrons"...)
yeah you're right, my bad on the 10K' i was thinking about another post wi 10K strips
No prob, FRiend...
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