Gettysburg (W05) in danger?

Curiousity: Gettysburg is listed as America's top most-dangered
battlefied because of the plan to build casinos just outside one a part of
the battlefield. (Maybe they can put them at Arlington and Andersonville,
too, they way McDonald's put a roadsign outside the KZ Mauthausen
concentration camp in Austria.) *fiddles with the point/rant mixture*

If there's a silver lining, maybe this will draw sufficient GA traffic to
resurrect the airfield. Or, who knows. Maybe they don't WANT planes
buzzing over the battlefield. At nearby filming of a full-scale the
Pickett's Charge in 1997, helicopters circled over an otherwise-pristine
view (ground charges, etc. Great idea.) until some ingenious bluecoats
formed giant human letters in the grass. When GO AWAY didn't work, the
yanks chose a more effective phrase starting with F and ending with YOU.
The helicopters left after a few moments..

-c

"Tom Fleischman" wrote in message
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I flew into W05 many times when my son was attending college in Gettysburg.
The airport was owned for many years by a family named Doersom and went by
that name when they owned it. It had deteriorated, but then about 5 years
ago it was sold and the runway was repaved and repainted and the owner had
big plans for developing the airport. I guess that didn't work out. My son
graduated in 2005 and I haven't flown in there in over a year, but it's a
really nice little field and Gettysburg is a great destination, so it would
be a real shame if that airport closed.

On 2006-04-10 12:28:51 -0400, Maule Driver said:

Yes it would be a shame but last time I was there (4 years ago) the
writing was on the wall. I flew in there 3 or 4 times for the nearby
attractions but ended up flying into an airport on the Chambersburg side
where I felt a little more secure leaving my airplane. BTW, what
happened to Doersom? Wasn't that a nearby airport too?

Anyway, it's short for many, was in poor shape, and the 'transportation
company' aka taxi company, couldn't get out of their own way.

I hate to see any airport die. Check it out while you can but be careful
in there.


Wiz wrote:
I flew from my home base in
the good old ADIZ at Gaithersburg, Maryland to Gettysburg Travel
Center, W05. It's pretty close to the monument, a 3,100 X 60' strip
(but with a threshold displaced 542' due to houses having been built
just about at the end of the runway (!).

It would be a real shame to lose a GA airport next to an historic
attraction like this. I hope someone buys it and keeps it going. In
the meantime, if you are looking for a daytrip in the area, I recommend
you check it out.

Cheers,
Wiz