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Published on: 3/14/2005
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"We don't need the ground, we just need the air above it," said Joseph Beshar, the flying sites coordinator for the Academy of Model Aeronautics.
Some of the 2,500 clubs across the country are already using 145 landfills for runways and launchpads for miniature aircraft - including more than a half dozen in Texas.The Superfund sites could include landfills, or properties where industrial activity has led to contamination.
Beshar says the partnership will open up 1,500 potential sites across the country - hot commodities since they tend to be open fields with lots of space to takeoff.Recently, as development has gobbled up open space, enthusiasts have struggled to find places to fly.
"The modeling community is hungry for places to fly," Beshar said.