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My understanding is that they need the longest runway that they can find, which would be LAX. Long Beach is a small regional airport.


267 posted on 09/21/2005 4:59:54 PM PDT by moonpie57 (Fred Howell McMurray, Jr. The man on my POW bracelet.)
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My understanding is that they need the longest runway that they can find

Then why aren't they going to Edwards AFB? Edwards has the field, the equipment, etc. and the plane needs to burn off fuel anyway.

289 posted on 09/21/2005 5:02:12 PM PDT by berkeleybeej (and the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain)
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