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Piper Cherokee (N253FD) - Aircraft carrier style landing but on land at Avalon Catalina Buffalo Springs station.
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Piper Cherokee (N253FD)

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Aircraft carrier style landing but on land at Avalon Catalina Buffalo Springs station.

7 of N253FD 16801 of P28A 131 at KAVX
Alain Gayot
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Dave Blevins
Kinda like Sedona, Az. (a.k.a. - USS SEDONA)
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长发 张
DANGER
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Paul Gedge
"Airport in the Sky"

Image appears to have been taken before the 2019 runway repair (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalina_Airport).

Thank you! Wonderful photo :)

image led me to read up on the rich history of the field. It's now on my bucket list to visit.
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Date Aircraft Origin Destination Departure Arrival Duration
13-Jun-2025 SR22Greeneville-Greene Co Muni ()McGhee Tyson () 11:53AM EDT 12:21PM EDT 0:27
13-Jun-2025 SR22McGhee Tyson ()Greeneville-Greene Co Muni () 10:10AM EDT 11:47AM EDT 1:37
12-Jun-2025 SR22McGhee Tyson ()McGhee Tyson () 02:17PM EDT 03:05PM EDT 0:48
11-Jun-2025 SR22McGhee Tyson ()McGhee Tyson () 03:01PM EDT 04:05PM EDT 1:03
05-Jun-2025 SR22McGhee Tyson ()McGhee Tyson () 01:22PM EDT 02:51PM EDT 1:28
05-Jun-2025 SR22McGhee Tyson ()Asheville Rgnl () 01:22PM EDT Diverted
04-Jun-2025 SR22McGhee Tyson ()McGhee Tyson () 02:56PM EDT 04:16PM EDT 1:20
04-Jun-2025 SR22Rockwood Muni ()McGhee Tyson () 10:18AM EDT 11:39AM EDT 1:21
04-Jun-2025 SR22McGhee Tyson ()Rockwood Muni () 09:55AM EDT 10:15AM EDT 0:20
03-Jun-2025 SR22McGhee Tyson ()McGhee Tyson () 09:15AM EDT 10:37AM EDT 1:22
02-Jun-2025 SR22McGhee Tyson ()McGhee Tyson () 09:25AM EDT 11:35AM EDT 2:09
02-Jun-2025 SR22McGhee Tyson ()Mcminn County () 09:25AM EDT Diverted
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