I think that is where Monster Garage tested their jet car (horrible
failure) with Mike Cook doing the timing last year....
Mike M.
-----Original Message-----
From: Wester Potter [mailto:wester6935@comcast.net]
Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 4:30 PM
To: Mike Meierle
Cc: land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: New ECTA Venue?
There's a 15,000 ft. duplicate of this at Vandenberg AFB outside of Lompoc,
CA. Currently it's only used for helicopters. Guys like Keith who hover
and disappear by going straight up. Reportedly there have been attempts to
get permission to run there as a replacement for El Dusto.
Wes
On Mar 15, 2006, at 12:36 PM, Mike Meierle wrote:
> New ECTA venue? 15,000 Feet of FLAT concrete (they actually
> compensated for the curvature of the earth).
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> http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/financial_markets/
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