| >> " How about the old Fremont
>> Airport site, we can rent it to drifters and drag races on 
>> weekday nights to make some extra income..."
>
> Interesting thought. Why don't you drive/hike over there and 
> see what's left of the pavement. As I recall The landing 
> strip closed at the same time as the drag strip. They were 
> separate. The drag strip closed about 1992.
>         We autocrossers were tossed out of the Pleasanton 
> Fairgrounds in about 1990.
Here's a good web page that goes over the history of the Fremont
airfields, as well as recent reports and pictures of what's left:
http://www.airfields-freeman.com/CA/Airfields_CA_SanJose.htm#skysailing
http://www.airfields-freeman.com/CA/Airfields_CA_SanJose.htm#fremont
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