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Newps wrote in
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See Denver. The controllers have to go thru the same TSA screening that
passengers do to get to work.

Yeah, but Denver could be a terrorist target. If you don't believe me, just
watch Jericho.

Judah wrote:

Newps wrote in
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See Denver. The controllers have to go thru the same TSA screening that
passengers do to get to work.


Yeah, but Denver could be a terrorist target. If you don't believe me, just
watch Jericho.



But the point is not only is the tower not way off on it's own, it
springs from the middle of the terminal.

Newps wrote in
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But the point is not only is the tower not way off on it's own, it
springs from the middle of the terminal.

There was a point to this thread?


Oh, sorry.

Newps wrote:


Yeah, but Denver could be a terrorist target. If you don't believe me,
just watch Jericho.



But the point is not only is the tower not way off on it's own, it
springs from the middle of the terminal.

The National Tower (which has the most breathtaking views of the
Nations Capital from the controller's bathroom) and the old
Dulles tower spring from the terminal. National's comes up
from the pre-security side. Dulles's from past security.
The new Dulles Tower springs up out of the middle of nowhere
I'm not sure how you get to it without a vehicle. The Hazy
Center tower has a pretty good view (and is taller than the
old Dulles Tower... it is rumored that the new tower was built
because of "tower envy").

In article ,
"Jim Macklin" wrote:

Springfield, IL too.

I haven't been everywhere.

At least a 1/4 century ago, during the Cold War, the FAA
began to build new, secure buildings for all their offices
and towers, moving them into buildings the feds controlled,
rather than being in terminal buildings controlled by local
airport boards. All these new buildings have the same sort
of security in the landscaping, access and structure.

That would explain why the FAA moved offices out of the civil air
terminal at KBED into commercial space with zero security.

--
Bob Noel
Looking for a sig the
lawyers will hate

Many years ago, Illinois Bell had a connection box located
at the intersection of Koke Mill Road and Washington Street.
Vandals were always shooting it full of holes and cars that
missed the turn kept smashing it.

So they built a heavy concrete mounting pad about as high as
the hood of a pickup truck topped with a heavy steel vault
that looked like it belonged on a armored vehicle. It was
as big as a walk-in cooler and was covered with Illinois
Bell logos and warnings about vandalizing the property.
After a year or two of no phone service interruptions, a
State Police car chasing some speeders at about 100 mph,
missed the turn and punched a hole through the box.

It was an empty shell, the real connection was about 25 feet
from the intersection and well hidden.

Who really knows where the FAA towers are located?



"Ron Natalie" wrote in message
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| Newps wrote:
|
|
| Yeah, but Denver could be a terrorist target. If you
don't believe me,
| just watch Jericho.
|
|
|
| But the point is not only is the tower not way off on
it's own, it
| springs from the middle of the terminal.
|
| The National Tower (which has the most breathtaking views
of the
| Nations Capital from the controller's bathroom) and the
old
| Dulles tower spring from the terminal. National's comes
up
| from the pre-security side. Dulles's from past security.
| The new Dulles Tower springs up out of the middle of
nowhere
| I'm not sure how you get to it without a vehicle. The
Hazy
| Center tower has a pretty good view (and is taller than
the
| old Dulles Tower... it is rumored that the new tower was
built
| because of "tower envy").

Senator Kennedy probably has ownership in the office space.



"Bob Noel" wrote in
message
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| In article ,
| "Jim Macklin"
wrote:
|
| Springfield, IL too.
|
| I haven't been everywhere.
|
| At least a 1/4 century ago, during the Cold War, the FAA
| began to build new, secure buildings for all their
offices
| and towers, moving them into buildings the feds
controlled,
| rather than being in terminal buildings controlled by
local
| airport boards. All these new buildings have the same
sort
| of security in the landscaping, access and structure.
|
| That would explain why the FAA moved offices out of the
civil air
| terminal at KBED into commercial space with zero security.
|
| --
| Bob Noel
| Looking for a sig the
| lawyers will hate
|

"Documents will only be released to
a person having the designation of Project Manager,
Superintendent or higher in the Bidder's organization. The
Project Manager, Superintendent, President, Owner or etc
must have a business card with the organizational position
title clearly indicated. "

Dumb requirement. Can you say "Laser Printer"?

But the Tracon is nowhere near the terminal (altho on airport grounds)
and Enroute is notwhere near Denver (up in Longmont)

We all saw Bruce Willis in that documentary "Die Hard " and
can see how easy it is to have rogue soldiers working for a
non-Muslim dictator change the airport elevation, make the
planes on-board radar altimeter stop working [stealth
ground] and prevent all those airliners from switching
frequencies and talking to their company dispatcher and the
other traffic on the frequencies. And all airline pilots
will just circle until they're out of fuel.

Really stupid movie.


"Blanche" wrote in message
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| But the Tracon is nowhere near the terminal (altho on
airport grounds)
| and Enroute is notwhere near Denver (up in Longmont)
|