At 09:48 PM 4/30/03 -0600, you wrote:
>So ... What's the deal? Those look like real airplanes out there! Are you
>guys actually racing on an active airfield?
>
>Wes
Maxton has 3 runways, Two are still in use for aircraft.
one is X'ed out and has been removed from the Jeppsons
thats the one used for the LSR track.
its a local airport now, AND appears to be used by an aircraft
scrapping company to take apart old planes. I know I saw
several 747's with pieces off them and an what looks to be
an older British airliner parked by the trees.
when we were there.
little trivia: Maxton was one of the major Glider troop
training airbases during WWII, glider units attached to the 82nd
Airborne Div.
Did,nt really notice that fact until I was rereading some
history books on Paratroop operations, and visited Maxton
last year for the LSR runs....
John
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