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    Rolls Eyes Giant Ring Mystery! EAA Chapt 32? Smartt Airport Conspiracy? Can Someone Help?

    Hello Everyone,

    A fellow instructor came to me with a mystery about Smartt Airport (KSET St. Charles County Smartt Airport).

    He flew over it last week and saw a HUGE ring encompassing the airport. We checked on google earth and it really is there.

    I emailed an FBO at the airport and they seem as clueless as we are as to what purpose the ring served.

    Here are my email transactions with the FBO:

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    My name is Tim O'Connor, I am a CFI from Cincinnati, Ohio.


    A fellow employee recently flew over your airport and noticed a ring going around your airport grounds.


    We looked it up on bingmaps and google earth and sure enough there it is!


    We have found no information on the internet about this and conspiracy theory's abound from circular test runways from WWII to horse racing.


    Can anyone there tell us what the ring structure is from so we can do some myth-busting?
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    Hello! Yes! This airport was a WWII training facility for Naval Pilots. I had heard that they needed up to 8 approaches for the training they did. I have also heard that the ring was more visible up until a few years ago.
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    Thank you Sandy!


    Was the ring a runway or a marker they had to land in?


    I am afraid we still don't understand how it was used.

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    I am told that all of the runways they used back then were encompassed in the ring. I am afraid that is all I know or anyone knows around here...

    Good luck!
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    So, as you can see we have not made much progress uncovering the mystery.

    WWII UFO Base?
    Giant R/C control line for WWII bombers?
    Runway for airplanes with one landing gear shorter then the other?
    Early particle accelerator beam project?

    Does anyone know???Name:  Smartt airport Ring.jpg
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    Last edited by Barnstorm; 03-07-2012 at 02:07 PM.
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