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Old Apr 6, 2008 | 9:14 pm
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Taker Park
 
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Originally Posted by happymom2008
OK, sorry not a US airport, but relevant...
OK, shorty history lesson here. After WWII, and West Berlin was starving d/t the Red Army blockades, the Allies started the Berlin Air Drop. They took off and landed from Tempelhof. I think it was because of the height of the surrounding buildings and the Red Army all over the outskirts.
Good one.
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