From: Wayne Harris (papercu@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Jan 03 2006 - 20:33:41 PST
Hi Ed I worked there for a while (construction). They would have practice
armed take-down on the regular streets sometime, great fun to watch. The
retired president limos are brought there and used for bombing demo (The C&C
used them so they are MV) and the GSA sometimes will have the bumper cars
they use on the defensive driving course for sell, they also have the used
brass from the firing ranges. They practice a LOT Wayne
BTW Here is a classified picture of George Dubya Bush limo that is used when
he's at the ranch.
http://www.tarleton.edu/~polisci/Limo.html
>From: "Ed" <mojoedd@bellsouth.net>
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Subject: Re: [MV] 1942 Navy opens a blimp base in New Jersey
>Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 08:46:37 -0500
>
>I was born on Jekyll Island near Brunswick Georgia many years ago. The
>Navel Air Station located there, Glynco, had two super huge
>blimp hangars. You could see those puppies from anywhere you were. They
>were an amazing sight that I grew up with, visited and got
>to run around inside on several occasions, ( my Dad was a Marine Officer so
>I got to visit the base all the time when he was in
>country). Regretfully they tore them down, closed the base and it's now a
>Federal Law Enforcement training area. The concrete is
>still there but as far as I know nothing at all remains of those wonderful
>hangars. There is a golf course I can't remember the
>name of that I played many times near the base, in fact maybe on part of
>the old base, can't remember. When the Newbie Feds are
>training you get the most wonderful sounds of automatic weapons fire,
>racing engines and screaming tires during your rounds of golf!
>Most refreshing indeed! Try putting with that................:-)
>
>Best Regards,
>
>Ed
>
>"Sirs, you have no reason to be ashamed of your Confederate dead; see
>to it they have no reason to be ashamed of you"
>
>"The Nation which forgets it's Defenders will itself be forgotten"
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "scott" <bign2cars@yahoo.com>
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 05:56
>Subject: Re: [MV] 1942 Navy opens a blimp base in New Jersey
>
>
> > i have been in the blimp hanger in lakehurst ,nj and
> > words can not describe how massive it is in person.i
> > bet there are not many of those left in the us.
> >
> > scott
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