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West Virginia

cyclonefence

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1. And why not?

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Jul 1, 2020, 01:04 PM

Jul 2020

Virtually no commercial traffic.

This airport was deadly for many years because, since it is located on a mountaintop, the runways were really too short for jet planes to land. Pilots who did not know how short the runways were almost always overshot. Lots of deaths. Eventually the surrounding mountaintops were flattened so that the runways could be extended, making Yeager much safer.

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Yeager Airport earning reputation as home base for military training operations [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 OP

And why not? cyclonefence Jul 2020 #1

Where did you get the info that there were lots of deaths? Staph Jul 2020 #2

Well hello there! cyclonefence Jul 2020 #3