Flying out of JFK

"Denny" writes:

I have RON at Cleveland Hopkins, leaving the airplane at the Jet
Center... Landed at night as #2 with only a 757 in the pattern ahead of
me... Left at 5:30 AM and had the taxiways and the runway to myself...

Both PaulaJ and I are from Cleveland {Hopkins}, and it's no Jack Kennedy....

Not so long ago, there was a GA tiedowns area and quad hangars in
the back corner. I think it was a runway expansion that was the
excuse took them out, but it was driven by local politics. I'd guess
the Jet Center will be homeless as well; isn't it based in the old
bomber/tank plant?

[CLE is in Cleveland, but the abutting circa 1941 Fisher bomber
plant {locally called "The Tank Plant" as later it made...} was in
Brookpark. The two cities fought over that land for 3+ decades.
Cleveland claimed they needed it for expansion, but after it became
the "IX Center" and started competing with the downtown Convention
Center, it got even more vicious. Last I heard, they had settled
with Cleveland getting the plant to tear down, and Brookpark getting
NASA in its tax base {but since it's federal land, it pays no property
tax..}.

But now Cleveland somewhat realizes another airport expansion is
not in the cards, and with NASA-LeRC cutting back, there goes
Brookpark's payroll tax income....]


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