Austin | Historic Images & Postcards

[KevinFromTexas]

That probably is it. What other 9 building complex could they be talking about?

EDIT: the Genral, I remember my dad and his friend saying an F-4 Phantom had crashed back then. If I'm remembering right it was along 71 near 183 actually in the right of way. Is that right?

We were/still are plane and train geeks. We used to park in a parking lot overlooking Mueller and watch the jets land. They'd come right overhead. Our vet is also at 51st and Duval, and I'd always sit outside on their deck and watch the jets fly over. After Bergstrom became our airport we always would go to the viewing area just off 71. It's really nice and peaceful out there just sitting and watching them come in over the city. Back when Bergstrom was still an air base, we used to go to a landfill in East Austin along FM 812. It had a very good view of the city and the runways at Bergstrom. I remember us watching the F-4 Phantoms do their touch and go landings. My dad's friend also heard once somehow that there was going to be a B1 Bomber at Bergstrom. He pulled off on the side of 183 on the backside of the base to watch it land. He faked a flat to see it. He said two base guards came over to check him out.