I added the sectional view of the Bombing Range. Lot more private airports on the west side of the range now.
The Restricted area has always had a VFR flyway across the narrow. You'd pretty much be a nut to fly it. Back in the day with the F4s, I've seen ordnance being cast across it and outside the range.
I met a guy flying a C421 at Stuart, FL, years later, and we were talking about the range. He was flying A4s in training. The first time he was out at the range solo on the pull-up and with the excitement, he sent two rockets out to the horizon. He said he did kind of an "oh well," and figured he would go ahead and make the second run to complete the training cycle so nothing might be said. He did notice two smoke columns out on the horizon though!
We laughed like idiots, but this was very desolate country fifty years ago.
02-02-20, 04:17 PM
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