-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: octagonal
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 06:29:42 -0400
From: "Stephen R Baig" <[log in to unmask]>
Organization: NHC/TPC



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Almost assuredly it is one of the "wagon-wheel" airstrips scattered
about Florida.  They were used to train (mostly) naval pilots during WW
II.  Pres. Bush elder was trained at such a field in Ft. Lauderdale.
That field has now become Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International
airport.  The pilots' barracks were razed only a few years ago.  I am
writing from the site of another such field.  It was declared excess
property and now is the site of Florida International University, Main
Campus, in west Miami.  A third local field now is the site of Broward
Community College and of Nova University main campuses.

Best regards to all,

Stephen Baig

Johnnie Sutherland wrote:
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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [Fwd: octagonal]
> Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 11:28:04 -0500
> From: "Christopher Mixon" <[log in to unmask]>
>
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> It is apparently related to Cecil Naval Air Station just northwest and a
> student that works with me, who used to live nearby tells me that the
> air station is no longer used. Possibly the octagonal feature is a
> series of abandoned airstrips.
>
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> >>> [log in to unmask] 7/12/2003 1:06:45 PM >>>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: octagonal
> Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2003 17:38:46 +1000
> From: Brendan Whyte <[log in to unmask]>
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> Can anyone tell me what this feature is, on 24k topo Jacksonville
> Heights
> (Florida)?
> 81d50' W, 30d10'N
> It is not labelled on the USGS maps.
> A radio station or military site perhaps?
>
> map:
> http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?z=17&n=3338739&e=421027&s=25&size=m
> aerial photo:
> http://terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?t=1&s=12&x=526&y=4173&z=17&w=2
>
> Thanks
>
> Dr Brendan Whyte
> Geography Department
> University of Melbourne
> Vic 3010
> AUSTRALIA

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Dr. Stephen Baig
oceanographer
National Hurricane Center
Miami, FL  USA