Yep we have a shepherd. Prior to breaking my neck at Bonneville in 88 my
5,000 acre farming property ran 10,500 sheep, 1200 beef cattle and 200 red
deer.
Chris Harris NZ
----- Original Message -----
From: "The Backus's" <34ford@email.msn.com>
To: <ARDUNDOUG@aol.com>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 11:07 PM
Subject: Re: Skunk Works and Area-51?
> It just amazes me the diversity we have in this list! Former commercial
> pilots, helicopter pilots, rocket scientists, shepherds...... well, maybe
no
> shepherds, but it is amazing!
>
> JB in OH
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <ARDUNDOUG@aol.com>
> To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 1:00 AM
> Subject: Fwd: Skunk Works and Area-51?
>
>
> > <<
> > Group,
> > Some of you guys might get a giggle out of my observations regards
> > "Area-51" near Tonopah, NV.
> > When I started flying commercially in the mid 60's Area-51 was a
> little
> > gunnery range for the Nellis AFB (near Las Vegas) guys. It was a
dry-lake
> > that looked like a giant exclamation mark from the air. As it was, our
Jet
> > Airway ran right over the site, giving everybody a clear view of it.
> > At the northern end of the gunnery range was a little paved Air
Force
> > landing strip used to service the gunnery range. It didn't take long for
> an
> > enterprising madame named Beverley Herrell(sp) to move in some trailers
> and
> > establish a fly-in brothel. Rumor had it that she had a Unicom fequency
> radio
> > receiver (universal frequency around local airports) that her customers
> would
> > use to secure a ride from the landing strip to her "establishment". I
> tried
> > calling her several times at altitude but never got an answer. I even
used
> to
> > tell the passengers about her.
> > The local media finally got hold of her story, publicized it, and
made
> > her famous. She gained even more notoriety when the Air Force kicked her
> and
> > her collection of trailers off the property. Using that notoriety to her
> > advantage she later ran for the Neveda Legislature. I can't remember if
> she
> > was elected or not.
> > As the years went by we watched the facility grow from a short air
> strip
> > with no supporting buildings to the sprawling "Area-51" with its long
> runway
> > and semi-hidden maze of buildings.
> > One day in the 80's I couldn't stand it any longer, and, as I passed
> > overhead I picked up the microphone and innocently asked the air traffic
> > controller "What's that big facility with the loooooong runway I'm
looking
> at
> > just south of Tonopah?". His instantaneous reply was "There's no
facility
> > south of Tonopah". OoooooooK, if you say so sir.
> > Just a little giggle from my "former-life"..........Ardun Doug King
>>
> > Return-path: <ARDUNDOUG@aol.com>
> > From: ARDUNDOUG@aol.com
> > Full-name: ARDUN DOUG
> > Message-ID: <f7.498fa06.27438045@aol.com>
> > Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 00:59:33 EST
> > Subject: Re: Skunk Works and Area-51?
> > To: FastmetalBDF@aol.com
> > MIME-Version: 1.0
> > X-Mailer: Windows AOL sub 124
> >
> > Group,
> > Some of you guys might get a giggle out of my observations regards
> > "Area-51" near Tonopah, NV.
> > When I started flying commercially in the mid 60's Area-51 was a
> little
> > gunnery range for the Nellis AFB (near Las Vegas) guys. It was a
dry-lake
> > that looked like a giant exclamation mark from the air. As it was, our
Jet
> > Airway ran right over the site, giving everybody a clear view of it.
> > At the northern end of the gunnery range was a little paved Air
Force
> > landing strip used to service the gunnery range. It didn't take long for
> an
> > enterprising madame named Beverley Herrell(sp) to move in some trailers
> and
> > establish a fly-in brothel. Rumor had it that she had a Unicom fequency
> radio
> > receiver (universal frequency around local airports) that her customers
> would
> > use to secure a ride from the landing strip to her "establishment". I
> tried
> > calling her several times at altitude but never got an answer. I even
used
> to
> > tell the passengers about her.
> > The local media finally got hold of her story, publicized it, and
made
> > her famous. She gained even more notoriety when the Air Force kicked her
> and
> > her collection of trailers off the property. Using that notoriety to her
> > advantage she later ran for the Neveda Legislature. I can't remember if
> she
> > was elected or not.
> > As the years went by we watched the facility grow from a short air
> strip
> > with no supporting buildings to the sprawling "Area-51" with its long
> runway
> > and semi-hidden maze of buildings.
> > One day in the 80's I couldn't stand it any longer, and, as I passed
> > overhead I picked up the microphone and innocently asked the air traffic
> > controller "What's that big facility with the loooooong runway I'm
looking
> at
> > just south of Tonopah?". His instantaneous reply was "There's no
facility
> > south of Tonopah". OoooooooK, if you say so sir.
> > Just a little giggle from my "former-life"..........Ardun Doug King
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