Glenview: 'The Glen' an artifical place of bill****. GLENVIEW NAVAL AIR STATION ruled!

a USAF A-10 Thunder Bolt II at Glenview Naval Air Station
http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/7...016x7621mg.jpg

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most likely a NAVY F-14 Tomcat at Glenview Naval Air Station
http://img450.imageshack.us/img450/4...016x7622zb.jpg

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slightly bighter shot of the USAF F-15 Eagle at Glenview Naval Air
Station
http://img450.imageshack.us/img450/4...24x11437qg.jpg

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USAF B-52 Stratofortress Bomber at Glenview Naval Air Station
http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/3...24x11438bv.jpg


ok I cannot actually *prove* these are all from GNAS, but they're all
from when I was there in the late 80s, or very early 90s.

yes, in funniness, that is what you smell as you drive along Willow Rd.


actually, it is a garbage dump along Willow Rd, just outside of where
Glenview Naval Air Station was. that garbage dumo was there before
'The Glen'

I don't know about currently, but when I lived there, there were these
little torches lit along the 'hills' where i guess all the garbage was
buried. IIRC, they were little pipes or whatever, that let the methane
escape and burn so it wouldn't all go kaboom.

I'd imagine now, since THE GLEN is there, instead of the Naval Air
Station, there is a lot MORE suburban waste being generated, perhaps
adding to the size & smell of that garbage dump along Willow Rd.

wrote:
it's difficult to tell from the photo - but I am leaning towards it
being the F-15E Strike Eagle. there*seems* to be a second cockpit.
and also the Strike Eagles were painted darker, as one one in the photo
seems to be.

The photo is grainy too, but it looks like a FAST pack next to the
intake. Did the "A" have those? (IIRC, no.)

"Tex Houston" wrote:

:
wrote in message
roups.com...
: it is definitally an F-15 Eagle. which is an Air Force fighter. I
: just don't know if it's an F-15C or an F-15E Strike Eagle.
:
:Since the F-15A and C (with the exception of two TF-15A development
:aircraft) are single cockpit aircraft and the F-15B/D/E are dual cockpit
:aircraft you might take another look at the photo.

It can be easier than that. From most angles you can see the 'break'
in the wing flow where the glove vane goes in and out and/or where the
pivot for the swing wing is

--
"Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute."
-- Charles Pinckney

wrote:
most likely a NAVY F-14 Tomcat at Glenview Naval Air Station
http://img450.imageshack.us/img450/4...016x7622zb.jpg

Absolutely no doult about it, that's a 14. Pre D model if I'm not
mistaken.

slightly bighter shot of the USAF F-15 Eagle at Glenview Naval Air
Station
http://img450.imageshack.us/img450/4...24x11437qg.jpg

Once again, no doult a F-15. Probably an E.

kenji wrote:

In article ,
Scott en Aztl?n wrote:

On Sat, 08 Apr 2006 01:20:46 -0500, kenji wrote:

In article . com,
wrote:

I miss the jets roaring overhead. now there is nothing but high price
homes and BULL****

I like to fish that big pond they have there.

Whenever I'm there, strangers come up and talk with me and never once
have any of them asked for money.

They just tell you to GTFO?

no that's what's weird. It's a public park all around the lake. We go
there during the spring and summer to fish along the banks. Nice size
bass and huge bluegill, well setup and maintained shore and public
structures. Folks come right up, stay and watch for 10 minutes, strike
up conversations and sincerely look you in the eyes.

And when they hear you're from "The City" they run away and wash their
hands.

trent
--
"This user has a pattern of behaviour in the usenet group chi.forsale
that borders on abusive."

In chi.general wrote:
: yes, in funniness, that is what you smell as you drive along Willow Rd.


: actually, it is a garbage dump along Willow Rd, just outside of where
: Glenview Naval Air Station was. that garbage dumo was there before
: 'The Glen'

: I don't know about currently, but when I lived there, there were these
: little torches lit along the 'hills' where i guess all the garbage was
: buried. IIRC, they were little pipes or whatever, that let the methane
: escape and burn so it wouldn't all go kaboom.

I haven't driven up there recently, but other dumps i've seen have removed
the torches and instead run the methane in small power generators, so at
least it's not just a wasted burn.

: I'd imagine now, since THE GLEN is there, instead of the Naval Air
: Station, there is a lot MORE suburban waste being generated, perhaps
: adding to the size & smell of that garbage dump along Willow Rd.

I think in addition to not burning the methane straight out, they put few
inches of topsoil on the ground and now they have a nice grass covered golf
course... that probably eliminated most of the smell.

--
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thanks for the confirmation for the other people.


man, every once in awhile, I heard & felt the mighty roar of the F-15
Eagles as they roared over my house and backyard, landing at the
Glenview Navy Base.

Although I saw F-16 Falcons much more often. F-16s were as frequent a
sight as Navy F-14 Tomcats and F/A-18 Hornets, coming into Glenview,
circling around, or maybe taking off.

I think I remember an F-117 Nighthawk Stealth fighter over Glenview.
don't know if it was taking off or landing at GNAS, but I'm pretty sure
I saw the Stealth at least once or twice. it was most likely the early
1990s. maybe Gulf War related activity. dunno.


but my most fond memory......

one particular day in the 1980s, maybe on Armed Forces Day (not sure)
..........
an F-15 Eagle came *screaming* in, doing rapid barrel rolls over my
yard as it headed in the direction of GNAS....not the typical approach
that USAF and Navy jets usually did.

I will NEVER forget that.

On 7 Apr 2006 20:49:10 -0700, wrote:

they should have closed down Glenbrook South High School instead. now
THAT was a place worth closing down.

Oh, it wasn't that bad. At least 30 years ago..

kenji wrote:
In article ,
Scott en Aztl?n wrote:

...And a ****load of million-dollar townhouses...

no, not that expensive....


well, my old house, a 3-bedroom, 2 full bath, brick, tri-level, no
full basement
(just utility sub basement) single car garage, built in the 1940s:

http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/1...khouse18kq.jpg
http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/7...khouse28lh.jpg
(photos from the 1980s)

after being a spruced up a little (windows, roof) sold for well over
*** $400,000 ***
a year or two ago

so I'd imagine that some of the larger new homes in 'THE GLEN' sell
for a lot more, approaching $1 million, with prices of new but
lower-end houses being in the $500K - $750 range. just a guess.