"Historic Lansdowne Airport/Youngstown's hidden secret"

[Towntalk]

Our family was torn. One Cousin was in the Army Airforce in Europe another in the Navy in the Pacific and an uncle that was a Paratrooper in Europe, my father besides being a Fire Policeman was a Security Guard at one of the plants in town and an Air Raid Warden.

[sfc_oliver]

You have just over a decade on me. But i remember everyone talking about that day more than i do the day itself. though I'm pretty sure I was there. Really wouldn't have wanted to remember it during 2 tours at Ft Bragg....

[Towntalk]

Hey Sarge, I'm older than dirt, but you can't be older than me you young gentleman. When I was born Uncle Adolph was gearing up for WW2.

[sfc_oliver]

I was young enough to remember only a memory of it......Thankfully.

[Towntalk]

I remember that jump gone wrong. Our family was visiting Mother's sister and her family and saw it happen.

[sfc_oliver]

I still remember playing under the elderberry bushes off to one side of the landing strip while dad flew his remote controlled planes. I guess what we now would call early drones....

And i seem to remember a parachute jump that went wrong....

[Towntalk]

Lansdowne was Youngstown's first municipal airport for those who are new and do not know about what our esteemed friend was talking about.

[Youngstownshrimp]

Who now in the City should look into this?

[Youngstownshrimp]

As demolition results on the Eastside, more acreage surrounding the historic airport.

[Towntalk]

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[Towntalk]

Seriously though, I can invision four buildings at the airport ... two on each side of the runway for a starter with the runway repaved and leading out to the highways that Rick mentioned, and at the end of the runway a fifth building that would contain office space for the four buildings. there would be a parking lot in the area where airplanes were formerly parked, and the whole complex would be fenced in with security fencing.

[Youngstownshrimp]

Magandang umaga sa iyo Towntalk.
Atsaka bakit walang sumusulat ngayon?

[Towntalk]

Je cherche un millionnaire Avec des grands "Cadillac car" "Mink coats" – Des bijoux Jusqu'au cou, tu sais? C'est bon ... then I could invest in buying the airport land.  Si bon, Si bon.

[Towntalk]

C'est si bon my friend C'est si bon.

[Youngstownshrimp]

Yes but I had to beat it out of Yins.