Abandoned drag srtip east of Phoenix

[Woj]

With all this high-tech detective work going on here, I thought I'd share an experience I had last year while flying a low-level practice mission here in Ohio in a C-130.

Doing my part to read the map while flying at 500 feet, I usually take note of out-of-the-way junk yards. We (the crew) were south east of Mansfield, Ohio when I noticed a junk yard; I asked the navigator to mark the position (latitude and longitude). He did that and handed me the lat/long after the mission.

For the heck of it, I put the lat/long into google maps: (N40 34.56 W082.41.54).

Result: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=...sa=N&tab=wl

It plotted the location, then I hit the "search nearby" button and entered "auto wrecking". It came up with Beck's Auto Wrecking as the closest location. I then hit the satellite view and there it was.

I haven't yet driven out to the place, but checked with some folks that I know that live nearby and they confirmed that they still have some "old stuff" in the yard.

Maybe I'll get there one of these days. It is about 1 1/2 hours from home.

Bill, nice detective work locating the Bee Line drag strip. What a great thread.

Phil Woj.