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4. Where do you live?

Fri May 27, 2016, 01:41 PM

May 2016

I lived in Palmdale from '01 thru '04, so I was about 100 or so down the road from China Lake.

Insignificant aviation related fact;

The house I was renting was about 3 miles south of the Plant 42 complex and straight down the street was LA Center, the FAA Air Route control center. Also the "Skunk Works" is in that property and that was about 5 miles away.

We used to see all sorts of nifty aircraft flying around. Once saw a B2 flanked by 2 F-117's take off and do laps around the town before heading off.

I'm so glad they got Doc airworthy. What an incredible effort. I hope she'll come to Florida soon.

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