"Dont forget, Lockheed won a very very lucrative govermental contract, beating Boeing, to build the F22! Where do you think it is to be built? There is and will be a very happening place for engineers and the like! A lot of business and Govt traffic. That drive from ATL is a Pain in the butt. All Highway and it draggs on and on and on"
The F22 is being built at Lockheed's Marietta plant, right next to the C130 line. The Boenig plant at MCN does some component work on the C17. With traffic it's a long hour from airport to airport. From most of Atlanta you are looking at a good 2+ hour drive to get to MCN.
The only good canidates for SW service in North Ga are both off limits, PDK and Gwinnett Co. The NIMBYS around PDK think a larger 737 has to make more noise than those little Biz Jets that fly there now. As far as Gwinnett, rumor has it DL had a hand in securing the no service clause when the runway was lengthed back in the late 80's Athens to the east is about as attractive as MCN.
The F22 is being built at Lockheed's Marietta plant, right next to the C130 line. The Boenig plant at MCN does some component work on the C17. With traffic it's a long hour from airport to airport. From most of Atlanta you are looking at a good 2+ hour drive to get to MCN.
The only good canidates for SW service in North Ga are both off limits, PDK and Gwinnett Co. The NIMBYS around PDK think a larger 737 has to make more noise than those little Biz Jets that fly there now. As far as Gwinnett, rumor has it DL had a hand in securing the no service clause when the runway was lengthed back in the late 80's Athens to the east is about as attractive as MCN.
