Vandenberg AFB runway mods for shuttle

Interesting. Note large turn-around at north end, the long length, and
the tow-out path at the south.

http://www.naco.faa.gov/content/naco...ms/00770AD.PDF

(Allen Thomson) wrote in message . com...
Interesting. Note large turn-around at north end, the long length, and
the tow-out path at the south.

http://www.naco.faa.gov/content/naco...ms/00770AD.PDF

Here's a link to a Terraserver photo of the Vandenberg AFB runway.
All of those features are visible on the photo:

http://terraserver.microsoft.com/ima...=2404&z=10&w=2


-Rusty Barton

(Rusty B) wrote in message news:373a0bc9.0409220646.c33fabe@

Here's a link to a Terraserver photo of the Vandenberg AFB runway.
All of those features are visible on the photo:

http://terraserver.microsoft.com/ima...=2404&z=10&w=2

Thanks! I confess that my modest photointerpretation skills
would not have spotted the peculiar features in the picture
without the annotated diagram as a crib.