In a message dated 8/1/2002 7:40:53 AM Pacific Daylight Time, FastmetalBDF
writes:
>
> From the field where the flag is planted there are 9+ miles of flower
> fields that go all the way to the ocean. The flowers are grown by seed
> companies. It's a beautiful place close to Vandenberg AFB. Check out the
> dimensions of the flag.
>
> The 2002 Floral Flag is 740 feet long and 390 feet wide and maintains the
> proper Flag dimensions as described in Executive Order #10834. This Flag is
> 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted with 5 pointed Stars
> comprised of White Larkspur. Each Star is 24 feet in diameter; Each Stripe
> is 30 feet wide. This Flag is estimated to contain more than 400,000
> Larkspur plants with 4-5 flower stems each for a total of more than 2
> million flowers. You can drive by this flag on V Street south of Ocean
> Ave. in Lompoc, CA.
>
> Aerial photo courtesy of Bill Morson.
>
> GOD BLESS AMERICA !!!!!
>
It's a beautiful sight. The Piper Cub Club had a fly-in at Lompoc earlier
this month attended by over 50 1930's and 1940's J-3 Cubs, including mine. We
flew over it several times.
Ardun Doug King
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