[Land-speed] Racing Venues...

[Ed Weldon]

Makes some sense.  Times are different now.  One can visualize how after 911
the base security operation at Edwards was overwhelmed with work to deal
with enhanced security requirements and somewhere up the chain of command
they were told that it was OK to eliminate the workload attendant to the
SCTA meet.  Typically the word comes down from the public affairs officer
couched in as simple and credible words as possible.
That was 7 years ago and this is now.  Most of the hysteria has died down,
for better or for worse.
On the other hand the SCTA and all it's volunteers have their plates pretty
full with El Mirage and Bonneville operations and may not be real hot on
gearing up for a third venue.  I suspect the Air Force would need a lot more
convincing if another presumably new and unexperienced organization were to
propose LSR meets at Edwards.
Personally I didn't like Muroc dry lake.  The dust there makes the stuff at
El Mirage look like coarse gravel.
Ed Weldon

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dick J" <lsr_man at yahoo.com>
To: "LSR" <>; <drmayf at mayfco.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 7:58 AM
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Racing Venues...


> I think it would just take a significant amount of liaison and
coordination by
> the right people in SCTA to arrange a yearly meet there. Conduct a little
> research on which staff officer at Edwards would be most approachable,
then
> look at the package that was presented by the Brits and use a similar
> approach. The USAF and Edwards AFB is not a big, closed, impregnable
machine,
> it is an organization of individuals, any number of whom, with the right
> approach, could be the key to gaining entry and support.
> DickJ in East Texas