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Al, Glad you got to see the airport before they shut it down. You are spot on about the value an airport like this could provide if better maintained and promoted. Speaking of the zig zag taxiway, Steve at A Mile of Runway (amileofrunway.blogspot.com/) has a video of lap around the taxiway on his site this week.
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