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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").

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").

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"Jim Macklin" wrote:

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?

NY Tracon is a non-descript windowless building in an industrial area on
Long Island. One might mistake it for a warehouse, if it weren't for the
fact that it's got an antenna farm on the roof :-)

It's kind of like walking around Georgetown. Most of the embassies pretty
much blend in with the rest of the nice townhouses in the neighborhood.
Except that some people must really be paranoid about getting good TV
reception because they've got all those funny antennae on the roof.

Roy Smith wrote:


It's kind of like walking around Georgetown. Most of the embassies pretty
much blend in with the rest of the nice townhouses in the neighborhood.
Except that some people must really be paranoid about getting good TV
reception because they've got all those funny antennae on the roof.

Since this thread is shot, and since I spend a lot of time in DC, please
tell me where the embassies are in Georgetown?

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Sam Spade wrote:

Roy Smith wrote:


It's kind of like walking around Georgetown. Most of the embassies pretty
much blend in with the rest of the nice townhouses in the neighborhood.
Except that some people must really be paranoid about getting good TV
reception because they've got all those funny antennae on the roof.

Since this thread is shot, and since I spend a lot of time in DC, please
tell me where the embassies are in Georgetown?

Ambassadors residences? Whatever. Townhouses with lots of radio antennae
on the roofs.

Roy Smith wrote:

In article ,
Sam Spade wrote:


Roy Smith wrote:


It's kind of like walking around Georgetown. Most of the embassies pretty
much blend in with the rest of the nice townhouses in the neighborhood.
Except that some people must really be paranoid about getting good TV
reception because they've got all those funny antennae on the roof.

Since this thread is shot, and since I spend a lot of time in DC, please
tell me where the embassies are in Georgetown?


Ambassadors residences? Whatever. Townhouses with lots of radio antennae
on the roofs.

You've got me there. I think some, if not a lot, of the ambassadors
live in their embassy.

Gerogetown is full of private sector employees who live off us
taxpayters. I suppose there is a smattering of GS-99s there as well.

Could be some amassadore as well, although I think it wouldn't be their
style.

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)
|

"Jim Macklin" wrote in news:0yM9h.2132
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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.

I think Manic uses that movie as basis for most of his aviation knowledge!

Blanche wrote:

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

The center was moved to Longmont to avoid a Ruskie nuke hitting Denver,
just like Los Angeles center and New York Center.

It was crazy, expensive stuff, ala Doc Strangelove.