The articles cited here are in the NYT and the SF journal and are from 2007.
Much has changed since then, Googles growth has been unconventional and
their impact on our lives even greater. I have many friends that work for
them.
I think that the issue here worth discussing should not be the politics of
the situation, but the concept that through persistence and collective
discussion, we as a community of Indoor enthusiasts stand a chance at
gaining access to these great flying sites again, and keeping the ones we
have.
On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 11:55 AM, Scott Jackson <s_jackson34_at_hotmail.com>wrote:
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moffett_Federal_Airfield
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> Moffett Airfield is home to the private jet owned by Google<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google>founders Larry
> Page <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Page> and Sergey Brin<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Brin>.
> They pay $1.3 million a year to park their customized wide-body Boeing
> 767-200 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_767-200> and two other Gulfstream
> V <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulfstream_V> jets owned by Google
> executives at the airfield, which is generally closed to private aircraft.
> [9] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moffett_Federal_Airfield#cite_note-8>[10
> ] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moffett_Federal_Airfield#cite_note-9> The
> airplanes have had scientific equipment installed by NASA<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA>to allow for experiments to be run in flight.
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> I think the Google air force ops being called to attention are the ones at
> Moffett, very close to Mountain View, see articel below:
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> http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/south_bay&id=7916969
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