i wish someone had the foresight to film a landing at mueller coming in from the west before it was move. remember the butt pucker drivers would get driving on 35 as a plane just appeared 200 feet overhead as it landed? if you will notice, the street light poles on 35 (just south of 51st st) are STILL short in line where the runway was. this was so planes would not clip them upon landing.
I was 5 when it closed (though I remember getting up close to a BAX DC8 with dad). I only once remember seeing a plane landing as we drove past 35. There are dozens of videos of Kai Tak landings, but none of Austin. Too small to care about back then :C .
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i wish someone had the foresight to film a landing at mueller coming in from the west before it was move. remember the butt pucker drivers would get driving on 35 as a plane just appeared 200 feet overhead as it landed? if you will notice, the street light poles on 35 (just south of 51st st) are STILL short in line where the runway was. this was so planes would not clip them upon landing.
I was 5 when it closed (though I remember getting up close to a BAX DC8 with dad). I only once remember seeing a plane landing as we drove past 35. There are dozens of videos of Kai Tak landings, but none of Austin. Too small to care about back then :C .