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unusual facts about airstrip



Air Force Base Bloemspruit

The unit is also responsible for maintaining the military airstrip at Vastrap, near Upington.

American River, South Australia

Air services were operated for a number of years by Emu Airways, utilising a privately owned airstrip located to the north of the township.

Angaur Airstrip

In April 2010 the Palau Senate passed a resolution asking the President to offer Angaur airstrip as a site for the relocation of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma on Okinawa.

Brynbach

It comprised a summer-house (later moved to Gilwell Park), a 1 metre deep man-made boating lake, swimming pools filled by natural springs, and an airstrip, as it was thought in the future scouts would pilot their own planes.

Captain Britain Corps

The Corps, not only consists of alternative versions of Brian Braddock from throughout the multiverse, but also characters representing a vast array of different worlds, such as Hauptmann Englande, a member representing a world where Nazis won World War II and Captain Airstrip-One from a world based on George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, while some even vary in species, like an animal version and even more exotic forms.

Casey Emergency Airstrip

The airstrip would function as a detachment of RCAF Station Parent, under the control of the Lac St. Denis Air Defence Control Centre (ADCC).

Chilubi

The island is served by passenger ferries from Samfya and Nsombo in Luwingu District and Chaba at the north end of the lake, and there is an airstrip at the mission,

Delaney Park Strip

In 1929, however, Merrill Field opened, so the Delaney Park airstrip was no longer necessary.

Dhule Airport

The Bombay Flying Club leased the airstrip from the MADC and shifted its training operations here in 2009 to avoid the congested air-space of Mumbai.

Dipolog Airport

The 600-meter macadam airstrip was opened in October 1941, a few months prior to the outbreak of WWII, by then-Vice President Sergio Osmeña and Chief of Staff Basilio Valdez.

Economy of Honduras

The government also assumed continued financial responsibility for the construction of a new airstrip in the area of timber extraction, upgrading facilities at Puerto Castilla and Puerto Lempira, and providing electricity at reduced prices to lumber concerns as part of the privatization package.

Ensenada Airport

The airstrip will be able to receive large aircraft including the Airbus A380 and the Boeing 747.

Funafuti

The airfield was constructed during World War II and is now the Funafuti International Airport, which serves both as the airstrip for the flights from Fiji as well as providing a place for sporting and other recreational activities.

Gau Island

It has one airstrip at Lovu at the southern tip of the island, which receives planes from Nausori International Airport.

General Aircraft Cygnet

After being repaired and being flown for several years, it was landed at a short airstrip in Colón and was unable to depart therefrom.

Hebron, Texas

Air Park-Dallas Airport was built as a public civilian airstrip within the city limits in 1965.

Heriberto Gíl Martínez Airport

Currently the airstrip is used by the Marco Fidel Suárez Military Aviation School (EMAVI) de Santiago de Cali.

Kampala Airport

Possibly the last use of the airstrip by fixed-wing aircraft was in the mid-1970s by members of the Safari Rally Committee who obtained special consent to operate from the site with a Cessna 310.

Keswick Island

The island has its own airstrip and is accessible from Mackay Airport by a short plane flight or by private boat.

Kolombangara

The Imperial Japanese Army used an airstrip on some flat ground at Vila on the south shore of the island, and in May 1943 based several military units with over ten thousand troops garrisoned on the southeast side of the island under the command of Major General Minoru Sasaki, in an attempt to establish a defense line through the Central Solomons.

Lake Tappan

The reservoir was formed in 1967, flooding areas that included the former CAPROC Field Civil Air Patrol airstrip.

Lee McKinley

Applying for a homestead on land in what is now Butte, Alaska, he cleared an airstrip on the property and began flying to rural communities throughout Alaska.

Masindi Hotel

Ernest Hemingway was involved in two plane crashes at Murchison Falls and Butiaba airstrip, within the space of one week.

Mechuka

The Indian Air Force maintains an airstrip, known as the Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) in Mechuka.

Melaleuca, Tasmania

King also built the walkers' accommodation and airstrip and in 1975 was made a Member of the Order of Australia for his services to the community.

Nannhausen Airfield

Nannhausen Airfield (or Flugplatz Nannhausen in German) is a small airstrip in Nannhausen, Germany.

Nauru International Airport

The airstrip was built during the Japanese occupation of Nauru using forced labour and became operational in January 1943.

Nxamasere

It is located along the Okavango river, close to the Okavango Delta panhandle, and has a local airstrip and tarred road.

Pepa

Pepa Airport, an airstrip in the Democratic Republic of the Congo near Pepa village

Prohesperocyon

wilsoni was unearthed at the Airstrip (TMM 40504) site, Presidio County, Texas dating between 36.6—36.5 million years ago.

RAF Greatham

Also known as RAF 'West Hartlepool', was located at Hartlepool and was little more than a grass airstrip, a satellite station of RAF Thornaby.

Ramat David

The author Roald Dahl landed his RAF Hurricane at an airstrip at Ramat David early in 1941 and describes the German Jewish refugee children living there at that time in his autobiography 'Going Solo'.

Ramingining, Northern Territory

The village has an airstrip at Ramingining Airport, a general store, a school, a police station opened in January 2008, and a health clinic with four nurses and a fly in doctor every Tuesday/Wednesday from Nhulunbuy.

Real del Castillo Airstrip

The airstrip is used solely for general aviation purposes, and it has been used as an alternate airstrip to Ensenada Airport during the time of the Baja 1000 road race.

Robert Francis Peckham

Hours after Mr. Ryan and four others were shot to death at an airstrip near Jonestown, which was the headquarters of the cult, the cult's leader, the Rev. Jim Jones, and 912 of his followers died by poison and gunfire in mass killings and suicides.

Syangboche Airport

Rather, typical users of this airstrip are tourists who plan on visiting a nearby hotel (especially the Hotel Everest View) and going no higher or those who plan only on going to Namche Bazaar.

Tatamagouche Airport

The airstrip was owned and operated by the local Tim Hortons Children's Camp, the second camp built by the Tim Hortons Children's Foundation.

Thar Jath Airstrip

Thar Jath Airstrip is a small civilian airport that serves the town of Duar and surrounding communities.

Tortuguero, Costa Rica

There is a small airstrip which serves daily flights from Nature Air via San José.

Trnava

Although there is a small airstrip at the north-eastern edge, the closest international airports are in Bratislava and Vienna.

Vallegrande

It was on the airstrip in Vallegrande that the remains of Che Guevara were discovered in 1997, and though his remains have gone to Cuba the former graves remain.

William A. Shomo

His unit had moved from airstrip to airstrip along the northern coast of New Guinea and then to Morotai supporting General MacArthur's drive to the Philippines performing dangerous photo recon and ground attack missions.

Zabul Province

In 2006, the province's first airstrip was opened near Qalat, to be operated by the Afghan National Army, but also for use by commercial aviation.

Zanzibar Revolution

Within six hours of the outbreak of hostilities, the town's telegraph office and main government buildings were under revolutionary control, and the island's only airstrip was captured at 2:18 pm.


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