Imagine hiking in the northeast portion of the Adirondack Park, perhaps on the trail to the Poke-O-Moonshine fire tower or along one of the Champlain Area Trails (CATS) when suddenly your peace and solitude is interrupted by a double sonic boom. You look up and spot a strange aircraft. At first, you think it might be a UFO or an illusion, but then you recognize the silhouette of a space shuttle gliding to the north.
Even though the space shuttle never utilized the Plattsburgh Air Force Base runway, it could have. With one of the longest runways in the world, Plattsburgh was, if necessary, an alternate landing site for the shuttle.
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