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ID 40970 Views: 534 Photo Comments: 1	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Air Wisconsin DeHavilland Canada DHC-7-102 Dash 7	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, July -, 1981	Kenneth Koehn Contact
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	Multiple (cn Multiple) Taken with a normal lens in July of 1981, this gives a view of the airport seen from the north side of Brookpark Road. Years before, you would park right up next to the fence, but once they opened the area up on the north side of the road, parking along the fence was prohibited. (Sounds like 2013!) Visible on take off is a Air Wisconsin Dash-7, and at the gate is a US Air DC-9, Trans America DC-10, New York Air DC-9 and an American 727. A nice variety of aircraft, all standard stuff for the time period. Many a car got stuck along the fence line when it rained, it was like driving on the moon.

ID 40878 Views: 517 Photo Comments: 1	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USAir McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, July -, 1981	Kenneth Koehn Contact
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	Unknown (cn Unknown) Scanned from a print I took in July 1981 with my old camera, this shot gives an idea of the crude observation area open to the public on the north side of Brookpark Road. Throw in some rain, and this lot was a mess. Still, it provided a place to watch airplanes close to the action.

ID 30743 Views: 401 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Army Bell UH-1B Iroquois	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, July -, 1981	Kenneth Koehn Contact
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	Unknown (cn Unknown) Nose on view of a National Guard "Huey" based at Cleveland Hopkins Airport taken in July of 1981. With the IX center in the background, note how different the airport appeared just 30 years ago!

ID 30742 Views: 587 Photo Comments: 5	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Army Bell UH-1B Iroquois	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, July -, 1981	Kenneth Koehn Contact
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	Unknown (cn Unknown) The Army National Guard used to maintain a presence at CLE, flying the UH-1 Iroquis (Huey)in medivac duties. This pic was scanned from a 30 year old photo I took in July of 1981. The olive drab camo made picking up the s/n impossible. The west side of the airport sure looked different back then! Even in 1981 I had unrestricted ramp access just by asking around. Sadly, that access will never happen again.

ID 18246 Views: 481 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USAir McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, July -, 1981	Kenneth Koehn Contact
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	Unknown (cn Unknown) A white crown US Air DC-9 inbound for 23L at CLE. Scanned from a picture on a dreary July day.

ID 18245 Views: 423 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	New York Air McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, July -, 1981	Kenneth Koehn Contact
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	Unknown (cn Unknown) This NY AIR DC-9 is approaching 23L on a gray and hazy July day at CLE. Taken from the dirt mounds on the north side of Brookpark road.

ID 17157 Views: 543 Photo Comments: 2	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	SMB Stage Line Convair 600F	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, July -, 1981	NwFedEx 757 Contact
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	N94279 (cn 101) SMB Stage Line Convair sitting on the Ohio Avaition ramp