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Flying Baron Estates

Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 10:16 pm
by The Flying Dutchman
*I splitted this one from the 'knoxville' thread.
Gus wrote:Hey Dutchman, do you wanna weigh in here with what it was like when you visited Leesburg? Was it just a quiet, peaceful place or did it have a weird vibe to you?
Exactly like you said: a quiet and peaceful place. When I saw the house it was hard to imagine what happened there. But no weird vibe or something. Just an 'unreal' feeling that it really happened there......

One of the pics I took, the house is in the background:
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Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 10:24 pm
by Gus
Cheers for sharing that Dutch. Rebuilding the house like it was originally seems to have almost preserved the site just as it would have been in 1982, except for new tree growth I guess.

Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 10:44 pm
by The Flying Dutchman
For those who never been there, this one gives a good overview:
(the house is almost in center)

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(the airstrip was under construction then, at the left you can see some vehicles working on the airstrip)