Musings on Air Force Two (A Boeing 757-200 Today)
The Vice President visited Bay County today, which put the new-airport crowd into absolute contortions to explain why the 757 could visit our present airport and yet we must have a new one to accomodate fullsize jets. Amy Ausley, "Partner in Progress", stuck her neck out the furthest, "explaining" that an airline 757 would have to be essentially empty to take off from Bay County.
I just looked up the range of a 757-200 with full passengers and bags from a 6000 foot runway: it is approximately 2500 miles, which is consistent with the 2000-mile flights daily from 5700-foot Orange County CA. Let's see, from Bay County it is 750 miles to New York, 2000 miles to Seattle, so Vancouver would just about max out the 757 from here.
Just remember, this is not about aviation. It IS about real estate and politics, the true economic base of Bay County.
8:32:03 PM 
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