New Braunfels Tour Austin Tour

 

1) 29°42'28.26"N, 98° 8'57.93"W :721 Laurel Lane New Braunfels TX 78130 active residence

Historical significance: Residence of CW4 Maris Stipnieks National guard Aviator

1989: Home originally born in a Dipslaced person’s camp Wurzburg Germany (Occupied British sector) Maris Stipnieks being youngest of three brothers + sister wound up on US Precision Helicopter Team that competed in France 1989 against USSR. This was the last USA V USSR competition before the Berlin Wall fell

Ironic footnotes: Probability (unconfirmed) that team deployment to Belgium was on base eldest brother was held as Nazi POW.

Ethnic Latvian competing under US Flag defeating Soviet Union

Other historical significance: When Colombia broke up he was one of several pilots called for standby duty help clean up did honey do (leave raking) yard work while sulking 20+ year old waited for phone call

2) 29°42'25.15"N, 98° 8'56.52"W Off Balcones third house southeast side up from Laurel Lane

Historical Significance: Home of Former Nazi rocket scientist worked for USA intel at Security Hill Kelly AFB V2 program (unconfirmed) committed suicide and murder June 1998

3) 29°53'21.43"N, 97°52'15.20"W: San Marcos Municipal airport location for former San Marcos Army Air Force base later

Historical significance: Birthplace of Army Organic aviation predessor to all present day Army Aviation

4) 30°18'0.05"N, 97°41'38.04"W Site of FORMER Army Guard Austin Aviation Support Facility

Historical signficance(Very high): Where aerial survey deprated Charles Whittman shooting 1966

Early 1980s: Future Vps of Boeing, Sikorsky flew wearing uniform National Guard uniform ran with Vietnam vets

1989: Where two team composed of Vietnam Vet pilot non Vietnam vet co pilot were based to make US national Team. CW4 Maris Stipnieks Work place in addittion to others

Departure point for Blackhawks used Desert Shield Desert storm

5) 30°13'18.07"N, 97°40'36.35"W Unconfirmed ( where F-4 scene in The Clash’s Rock the Cashbah video shot)

6) 30°12'37.86"N, 97°40'4.06"W Bergstrom International Airport Austin

Historic relevance: High

1)Punchout of Astronaut T-38 (flame out) unconfirmed

2) Base for one of the airplanes in Collission over Spain probable (missing nukes)

3)Former Strategic Air Command Base landing field for LBJ during ranch visites

4)Tactical Air Command RF-4 Bsae

6)Origin of F-4 footage Roch The Cashbah The the Clash

7)basing for war on terror blackhawks

 

 

 

 

 

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