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cyclonefence

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3. Well hello there!

Reply to Staph (Reply #2)

Wed Jul 1, 2020, 05:15 PM

Jul 2020

Last edited Sat Jul 4, 2020, 12:21 PM - Edit history (1)

I lived in Charleston from age 4 until I left for college in 1965, long before they extended the runways.

I'm not mistaken about the many crashes at Yeager (which was then Kanawha County Airport, I think). There were horrible crashes every year. This was long before they even had those elevated lights guiding planes toward the airport. Jets really should have been banned until the runways were extended.

I searched Kanawha County Airport and most of the results came up from later, 2017 and later. The really bad crashes came during the fifties and sixties, but I think it would take a long time to winnow those out, if they're listed or not.

We lived on Michigan Ave.

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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