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Yeah, aside from Wikipedia, it is true that JFK has been an alternate for a long time. No need for anyone to get upset.
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Never saw the whole list before - pretty cool to see the choices available.
One interesting site is the one listed under Hickam Airforce Base in Hawaii. Hickam is cool in that it shares it's runways with Honolulu International (PHNL). The one designated for the shuttle landing, had it been necessary, was 8R/26L - also known as "The Reef Runway". It's 12,000 feet long on a man-made reef, a few miles from downtown Waikiki.
Last edited by Speedbagel_001; 2011-10-11 at 02:01 PM.
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Hickam is cool, but a LONG taxi out and in from the runway. You're literally taxiing for miles and you need to add extra fuel just to accommodate.
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I have landed there... Very cool!
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The Intrepid has officially taken ownership of the Space Shuttle Enterprise and announced that a few months after touching down in New York next April, the Enterprise will be loaded onto a barge and ferried around the city to the museum. There it will be hoisted onto the flight deck and displayed under a "protective covering" until the new exhibition hall is ready.
Here's the link:
http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-112311a.html
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$85 Million? Man, if that was built in the middle of the country, it would cost a 1/4 of that... New York City construction is stratospherically expensive!
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