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  • OK - so let's stick to airports that used to have a museum...

    Three runways

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    • One runway is turf, 2 paved.

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      • Need some more help with this one.
        If it 'ain't broken........ Don't try to mend it !

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        • There used to be aerospace manufacturing at both ends of one runway.

          Sounds botanical...

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          • It doesn't really fit but worth a mention is Plant 42, Palmdale, S California. Home of the legendary Skunk Works.
            If it 'ain't broken........ Don't try to mend it !

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            • Sorry - wrong quadrant...

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              • Is it in the USA ?
                If it 'ain't broken........ Don't try to mend it !

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                • This is a US airport, yes.

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                  • Hmmmm, turf says sailplanes or ag but it doesn't fit Elmira or Bob Hope.
                    Live, from a grassy knoll somewhere near you.

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                    • Sure - there are some glider operations from here, but not nearly as many as from another field about 3 miles away...

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                      • Also - used to host an annual airshow, which is unfortunately no longer held...

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                        • North Bay/Jack Garland Airport fits the description........ but that's in Canada !
                          If it 'ain't broken........ Don't try to mend it !

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                          • To be fair - the museum has only just very recently moved to an off-airport location, but still within a half mile of the runway end.

                            The current name of the museum is the same as was the name of the airshow.

                            The first aircraft produced by the one aerospace manufacturer here to be used by the military was adopted by the US in 1938...

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                            • Other end was used for a manufacturer known for rotary wing aircraft...

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                              • Igor Sikorsky Memorial, where the world's first air show was held? They note the grass infield being used for ops?
                                Live, from a grassy knoll somewhere near you.

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