Rank: Elder Joined: 3/2/2009 Posts: 26,331 Location: Masada
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Rollins wrote:Theu wrote:Impunity wrote:C&P Quote:Incidentally, Roberts Field had one of the longest runways in Africa, more than thirty-five miles long. We would later find out that it was constructed specifically for the National Aeronautical Space Agency (Nasa). Art & Craft graduates at their best! 35 miles (56km) is a distance from Nairobi to Machakos Junction on M-road...even the former Soviet runways in Siberia and Kazakhstan were not this looooong. c&p  Roberts International Airport (IATA: ROB, ICAO: GLRB), informally known as Robertsfield, is an international airport in the West African nation of Liberia. Located near the town of Harbel, the single runway airport is about 35 miles (56 km) outside of the nation's capital of Monrovia, and as an origin and destination point is referred to as "Monrovia" and locally is often referred to simply as "RIA." The facility with its 11,000 feet (3,400 m) long runway was an emergency landing site for the United States' Space Shuttle program and is the principal airport in the country. The airport is named in honor of Joseph Jenkins Roberts, the first President of Liberia.  Ego!  Portfolio: Sold
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