John: I usta onct live with the sheep in Montana....does dat count ?
-Dirty Doug
( come to think aboutit, I STILL live among th' sheep....look how they
voted. -sorry Keith coun't hepit)
From: "The Backus's" <34ford@email.msn.com>
Reply-To: "The Backus's" <34ford@email.msn.com>
To: <ARDUNDOUG@aol.com>, <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Skunk Works and Area-51?
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 05:07:55 -0500
It just amazes me the diversity we have in this list! Former commercial
pilots, helicopter pilots, rocket scientists, shepherds...... well, maybe no
shepherds, but it is amazing!
JB in OH
----- Original Message -----
From: <ARDUNDOUG@aol.com>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 1:00 AM
Subject: Fwd: Skunk Works and Area-51?
> <<
> Group,
> Some of you guys might get a giggle out of my observations regards
> "Area-51" near Tonopah, NV.
> When I started flying commercially in the mid 60's Area-51 was a
little
> gunnery range for the Nellis AFB (near Las Vegas) guys. It was a dry-lake
> that looked like a giant exclamation mark from the air. As it was, our
Jet
> Airway ran right over the site, giving everybody a clear view of it.
> At the northern end of the gunnery range was a little paved Air Force
> landing strip used to service the gunnery range. It didn't take long for
an
> enterprising madame named Beverley Herrell(sp) to move in some trailers
and
> establish a fly-in brothel. Rumor had it that she had a Unicom fequency
radio
> receiver (universal frequency around local airports) that her customers
would
> use to secure a ride from the landing strip to her "establishment". I
tried
> calling her several times at altitude but never got an answer. I even
used
to
> tell the passengers about her.
> The local media finally got hold of her story, publicized it, and
made
> her famous. She gained even more notoriety when the Air Force kicked her
and
> her collection of trailers off the property. Using that notoriety to her
> advantage she later ran for the Neveda Legislature. I can't remember if
she
> was elected or not.
> As the years went by we watched the facility grow from a short air
strip
> with no supporting buildings to the sprawling "Area-51" with its long
runway
> and semi-hidden maze of buildings.
> One day in the 80's I couldn't stand it any longer, and, as I passed
> overhead I picked up the microphone and innocently asked the air traffic
> controller "What's that big facility with the loooooong runway I'm
looking
at
> just south of Tonopah?". His instantaneous reply was "There's no facility
> south of Tonopah". OoooooooK, if you say so sir.
> Just a little giggle from my "former-life"..........Ardun Doug King
>>
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> Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 00:59:33 EST
> Subject: Re: Skunk Works and Area-51?
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>
> Group,
> Some of you guys might get a giggle out of my observations regards
> "Area-51" near Tonopah, NV.
> When I started flying commercially in the mid 60's Area-51 was a
little
> gunnery range for the Nellis AFB (near Las Vegas) guys. It was a dry-lake
> that looked like a giant exclamation mark from the air. As it was, our
Jet
> Airway ran right over the site, giving everybody a clear view of it.
> At the northern end of the gunnery range was a little paved Air Force
> landing strip used to service the gunnery range. It didn't take long for
an
> enterprising madame named Beverley Herrell(sp) to move in some trailers
and
> establish a fly-in brothel. Rumor had it that she had a Unicom fequency
radio
> receiver (universal frequency around local airports) that her customers
would
> use to secure a ride from the landing strip to her "establishment". I
tried
> calling her several times at altitude but never got an answer. I even
used
to
> tell the passengers about her.
> The local media finally got hold of her story, publicized it, and
made
> her famous. She gained even more notoriety when the Air Force kicked her
and
> her collection of trailers off the property. Using that notoriety to her
> advantage she later ran for the Neveda Legislature. I can't remember if
she
> was elected or not.
> As the years went by we watched the facility grow from a short air
strip
> with no supporting buildings to the sprawling "Area-51" with its long
runway
> and semi-hidden maze of buildings.
> One day in the 80's I couldn't stand it any longer, and, as I passed
> overhead I picked up the microphone and innocently asked the air traffic
> controller "What's that big facility with the loooooong runway I'm
looking
at
> just south of Tonopah?". His instantaneous reply was "There's no facility
> south of Tonopah". OoooooooK, if you say so sir.
> Just a little giggle from my "former-life"..........Ardun Doug King
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