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To: El Gato; getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL
The story as written by an *Orlando* TV station got the location wrong. I have to drive right by this school to get to my office. I sent them (WESH) an email asking if they outsource their reporting.

Here is a Mapquest map that shows the location of the school and proximity to OIA.

You can see the school itself is about at the edge of the developments, though more are being built to the east of it. If you zoom out a little bit you can see OIA just to the Southwest of the school. The original runways built many years ago are just to the west of OIA. My understanding is that they are two miles long and were constructed to handle the B52s.

Not many people know it but there is a B52 that sits in front of OIA. It's part of a memorial park that sits out front of the airport but the politicians have it hidden so well from the highways and entrances to the airport that hardly anyone knows it's there. There aren't even any signs pointing the way to it.

Last I heard that some of the developers were going to pay to have their customer's lots/homes checked for explosives. Haven't heard if they've found any yet.

23 posted on 01/05/2008 11:52:38 PM PST by VeniVidiVici (Jay Grodner stands accused of keying a Marine's car. He's also a lawyer.)
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To: VeniVidiVici
It's part of a memorial park that sits out front of the airport but the politicians have it hidden so well from the highways and entrances to the airport that hardly anyone knows it's there.

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26 posted on 01/06/2008 7:58:51 AM PST by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL (****************************Stop Continental Drift**)
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To: VeniVidiVici

The above is in re: to your post. Still working on my first cup of coffee.


27 posted on 01/06/2008 8:00:02 AM PST by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL (****************************Stop Continental Drift**)
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To: VeniVidiVici
Have you seen the OSentinel presentation on Col McCoy? I had always heard the story, but didn't really know where the crash site was and exactly what happened.
30 posted on 01/06/2008 8:40:06 AM PST by stainlessbanner
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To: VeniVidiVici
Yikes! Are they tearing out the runways? They are solid concrete 6 feet deep and over 10,000 feet long if they were made for BUFF’s.
41 posted on 01/06/2008 12:59:28 PM PST by mad_as_he$$ ("Has there been a code nine? Have you heard from the Doctor?")
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To: VeniVidiVici

“Not many people know it but there is a B52 that sits in front of OIA. It’s part of a memorial park that sits out front of the airport...”

By golly you’re right! Here it is:

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=28.449525,-81.312679&spn=0.003127,0.004978&t=h&z=18&om=1


50 posted on 01/06/2008 9:02:08 PM PST by Nik Naym (If Republicans are your problem, Democrats aren't the answer!)
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