flyingcheesehead
Touchdown! Greaser!
I knew about this, but I had never seen video before -
In 1977, a Boeing C97 - The military cargo version of the Boeing 377 Stratocruiser - was landed at the old Dodgeville airport, where it was then put in front of the Don Q Inn next door:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bS_ogd5MRmo
The Don Q Inn is still there, as is the C-97, though the birds have taken their toll on it and the tires are flat. (Farrah's signature is still in good shape, though.) I think they've removed the permanent stairs leading to the door due to vandals as well. But, I have been in the airplane and sat in the cockpit years ago.
Sadly, the Dodgeville airport is now closed. The runway is still there, though - covered with junked vehicles. If the current owners of the Don Q Inn were smart, they'd buy the old airport and open it back up. This would be a GREAT place for pilots to overnight or spend the weekend - It's a theme-suite hotel these days. I guess they used to have some fly-in brunches, and it sure looks like they were popular:
Here's a pic from above in 2006:
Plane on the right, hotel on the left, and the old taxiway from the hotel up to the runway at the top. The Airfields Freeman site has some good stuff about it too.
In 1977, a Boeing C97 - The military cargo version of the Boeing 377 Stratocruiser - was landed at the old Dodgeville airport, where it was then put in front of the Don Q Inn next door:
The Don Q Inn is still there, as is the C-97, though the birds have taken their toll on it and the tires are flat. (Farrah's signature is still in good shape, though.) I think they've removed the permanent stairs leading to the door due to vandals as well. But, I have been in the airplane and sat in the cockpit years ago.
Sadly, the Dodgeville airport is now closed. The runway is still there, though - covered with junked vehicles. If the current owners of the Don Q Inn were smart, they'd buy the old airport and open it back up. This would be a GREAT place for pilots to overnight or spend the weekend - It's a theme-suite hotel these days. I guess they used to have some fly-in brunches, and it sure looks like they were popular:
Here's a pic from above in 2006:
Plane on the right, hotel on the left, and the old taxiway from the hotel up to the runway at the top. The Airfields Freeman site has some good stuff about it too.
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