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Wanna hear creepy? The airport itself is still in use, and in fact, not only has it been expanded, fenced off, roads closed around it, but we also pay more of our taxes towards it, and what do we see? Nothing but the occasional military fighter jet sitting around in the back. No new buildings, nothing. . .
And they practice over us SOOO many times and so low and obnoxious it drives m insane.
my boyfriend is from moses lake. it apparently has the longest runway in the US. it is a training ground for military and commercial pilots. for many years, till this year, the japanese would train there.
you want to know whats creepy? seeing large military planes, like cargo jets or commercial liners, flying low and SLOW over the city. i swear it looks like it is ready to stall or drop out of the sky, and it is soooo loud.
there is one practice i have seen them do, which my bf had to explain. they do touch and go practice. its a way to practice take of and landing while practicing emergency landing.....
the plane will land, touch the runway at a high speed, and then take off again.
but this runway is so long you cannot see the other end. it starts in moses lake and ends in another little town called Stratford. 5miles +
it is capable of having the space shuttle land if it was ever this far north of the equator and needed to land.
in a town near where i live, Cashmere. has a private municipal airport. right next to the highschool and is surrounded by residental. some people worry, some want the airport closed. but its their fault for building close to it. lake wenatchee also has a municipal, emergency airport too.
sometimes on a nice day some people from the cashmere airport fly up around the valley, one of my class mates from HS, his grandpa taught him to fly when he was little, and now he is at flight school at moses lake, has 10,000 hours under his belt and is so far certified to fly a small commercial plane, like a Q400 with seating of 72 people. (i might have the plane models mixed up, but i do know the passenger capacity he is allowed to fly)
so even though little airports are sometimes useless and tax draining, how else do kids get exposed to the dreams of wanting to fly? already pilots are over worked, like nurses.
Wanna hear creepy? The airport itself is still in use, and in fact, not only has it been expanded, fenced off, roads closed around it, but we also pay more of our taxes towards it, and what do we see? Nothing but the occasional military fighter jet sitting around in the back. No new buildings, nothing. . .
And they practice over us SOOO many times and so low and obnoxious it drives m insane.
my boyfriend is from moses lake. it apparently has the longest runway in the US. it is a training ground for military and commercial pilots. for many years, till this year, the japanese would train there.
you want to know whats creepy? seeing large military planes, like cargo jets or commercial liners, flying low and SLOW over the city. i swear it looks like it is ready to stall or drop out of the sky, and it is soooo loud.
there is one practice i have seen them do, which my bf had to explain. they do touch and go practice. its a way to practice take of and landing while practicing emergency landing.....
the plane will land, touch the runway at a high speed, and then take off again.
but this runway is so long you cannot see the other end. it starts in moses lake and ends in another little town called Stratford. 5miles +
it is capable of having the space shuttle land if it was ever this far north of the equator and needed to land.
in a town near where i live, Cashmere. has a private municipal airport. right next to the highschool and is surrounded by residental. some people worry, some want the airport closed. but its their fault for building close to it. lake wenatchee also has a municipal, emergency airport too.
sometimes on a nice day some people from the cashmere airport fly up around the valley, one of my class mates from HS, his grandpa taught him to fly when he was little, and now he is at flight school at moses lake, has 10,000 hours under his belt and is so far certified to fly a small commercial plane, like a Q400 with seating of 72 people. (i might have the plane models mixed up, but i do know the passenger capacity he is allowed to fly)
so even though little airports are sometimes useless and tax draining, how else do kids get exposed to the dreams of wanting to fly? already pilots are over worked, like nurses.
super nice girl and a blast to hang out with--if you can keep up with her busy self! Lol!! 
