VirtualGlobetrotting: Maps Submitted On: 2006-06-10

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Al Udeid Air Base
cmike77 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
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Grand Prairie Armed Forces Reserve Complex (Formerly Hensley Field / former Dallas NAS)
AKpilotEMT (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: AKpilotEMT.
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Established in 1932, this was originally the site of Hensley Army Air Force Base. In 1940 the government built a large plant on the northwest of the site to build T-6 Texan trainers and P-51 Mustangs. At its height, the number of people working at the factory was 39,000. The base became the Dallas Naval Air Station in 1943 and the plant was deactivated after WWII (but continues to this day as a private industry: Vought Aircraft.) Throughout the post-WWII years, the base underwent major changes, always becoming a modern military facility right up until its announced closing in 1993. Finally on September 30, 1998, Dallas NAS ceased to exist. Some roadmaps, including Google's, show the site as being the Millennium Dallas Airport. That, apparently, was only a very short-lived venture in the early 2000's. In 2005, Vought Industries took over the Hensley Field runway for shipping (via cargo plane) aircraft parts manufactured in their plant adjacent to the field. The Texas Air National Guard still maintains a small presence only on the extreme southwest corner of the site. Meanwhile, most of the buildings that make up the former Naval Air Station sit abandoned, rusting and falling apart, millions and millions of taxpayer dollars once well used now going to waste. (all info culled from: www.airfields-freeman.com)
Perhaps... just a guess here... maybe? someday, with the ever-growing sprawl of the Dallas Metropolitan area, this can be turned into a working airport again? That would be my vote rather than having the runways torn up and turned into more cookie cutter suburban sprawldivisions, oh, yay, that's just what American needs more of.

Chinook helicopters of the Texas Army National Guard
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According to the FAA this is called the Redmond Taylor Army Heliport... but no other information could be found calling it that. The site is located at the southeast end of Hensley Field.

Ski Resort in the Desert
kjfitz (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kjfitz.
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The largest indoor snow park in the world has opened in the Gulf Emirate of Dubai.
Built on what was previously desert sand, the slopes will be covered with manufactured snow all year round.
The centre has green, blue, red and black runs, chairlifts and snow patrols, like any other ski resort.
The area under snow is the equivalent of three football fields, with runs built inside a giant, slanting metal tube around 25 floors high.

Doha International Airport (DOH/OTBD)
cmike77 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: cmike77.

Where The Insurgents Are
Pdunn (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Pdunn.
Welcome to Ar Ramadi, Al Anbar Province Iraq. After the fall of Fallujah to the east, many of the surviving insurgents regrouped in Ar Ramadi. The citizens of Ar Ramadi participated in Iraq's most recent election in large numbers. And for a while it looked as if Ar Ramadi would be a model for new found Suni-Coalition cooperation; however, since those early promising days following the election, the insurgents have attacked and intimidated those who cooperated with a vengence, killing many of the city's sheiks and governing officials. As a result, unlike other areas in Al Anbar that flare up from time to time, Ar Ramadi has been one consistent fire fight with no let up. Much of the Arab press is reporting the coalition began a major offensive to pacify Ar Ramadi on the day Zarqawi was killed; the US reports they are just pressing their gains as a result of his death.

A Hospital Helping Nobody
AKpilotEMT (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: AKpilotEMT.
Friday, May 19, 2006
By KATHY A. GOOLSBY / The Dallas Morning News
Grand Prairie's lifeless hospital appears to be on the road to a full recovery.
Renaissance Healthcare Systems Inc. announced Tuesday that it plans to buy and renovate the former Dallas/Fort Worth Medical Center, and reopen it as a community hospital in February. The one-time not-for-profit hospital closed in November 2000 after years of financial problems. It's the city's lone hospital.

Alexandria - Borg el Arab Air Force Base (HEAX)
cmike77 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: cmike77.
Runway 1: Heading 04/22, 2,201m

Memorial Stadium & KEOM Radio Tower
The stadium is the home field of West Mesquite and other local high schools in the Mesquite Independent School District.
With 20,000 seats, it's larger than many U.S. college stadiums. If Texas spent as much money on students as they do on high school football stadiums, I wonder if they'd be able to handle so many successful H.S. graduates... or do they just think it's good to have a certain percentage of failures, criminals, methheads and pregnant teens?
The radio tower is 415 feet tall, built in 1992 to replace the original 250 foot, 3,000 watt tower standing since the radio station's launch in September of 1984. KEOM (heard on 88.5 FM in the Mesquite area) is a "noncommercial, educational, community service station" with 61,000 watts and 24-7-365 programming, owned & operated by the Mesquite Independent School District. Students can become DJs if taking Radio Communications classes given by MISD. (Now that's money well-spent!)

Thorntree Country Club

Ferry converted into a home
kjfitz (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kjfitz.
"Architects are notoriously fond of industrial refuse, from the corrugated metal and chain-link fence that Frank Gehry installed around his Santa Monica bungalow in the 1970's to the shipping containers that Shigeru Ban stacked on a Manhattan pier this spring to create a temporary gallery. But Mr. Lundberg has taken the romance of refuse a step further by surrounding himself, at home and at work, with reclaimed materials. During the week, he and his wife, Mary Breuer, live aboard the Maritol, a decommissioned Icelandic car ferry docked at Pier 54 in the Mission Bay neighborhood of San Francisco."

Hawk Missile Battery
kjfitz (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kjfitz.
At Minhad Air Base.

End of the road.
alfjon (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: alfjon.
End of the road said the counsil.

Grimes Park

Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc.

Metroplex BMX facility
"Metroplex BMX, America’s first covered facility built exclusively for BMX racing, opened to the public as it hosted the ABA SuperNationals on October 15 - 17, 1999. In addition to the prestigious SuperNationals, the facility will play host to a busy schedule of local, district, state, regional and national motos year-round in all ABA racing categories.
This is a $1.5 million, 60,000 square foot lighted and covered facility built by the City of DeSoto at Grimes Park. The 1,000 foot track was constructed by the American Bicycle Association’s track building staff and contains 1,000 yards of hand-packed dirt. With massive burms and jumps, the track is ultimate national quality, according to ABA." (www.ci.desoto.tx.us)

West Mesquite High School

Oak Cliff Country Club

Lancaster City Park
a 24-acre facility with lots of large trees, includes four lighted baseball/softball fields, two tennis courts, two playground areas, two pavilions, a three-quarter mile jogging/walking trail, and a zero-depth entry outdoor pool. (www.lancastertx.org)

Lancaster's historic Town Square
In 1933 it is reported that Bonnie & Clyde robbed a bank here. In 1994 the square was damaged by a massive tornado that destroyed 250 homes in the area and made headlines across the nation.

Cedardale Softball Complex
"three lighted fields, a full-size outdoor basketball court, a jogging/fitness trail, and a fenced playground. This complex plays host to some of the state’s biggest softball tournaments." (www.lancastertx.org)

Prairie Lakes Golf Course
27-Hole public course

Mikonos Airport (JMK)

Packing tape over Egypt
Satellite problem referred to in these forums as "Packing Tape."

Cedar Valley College

Tiger Stadium
Home field of Lancaster High School.

Country View Golf Club

Lancaster Municipal Airport