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The Casey Emergency Airstrip was a military airstrip located near the village of Casey, Quebec. Early during the planning of this airstrip the location was initially named McCarthy, after another nearby village on the railway. The airstrip was constructed between 1952 and 1953 by the Canadian Ministry of Transportation, as an emergency airstrip, by the request of the Department of National Defence to support the Pinetree Line. The runway was extended to 8,200 feet, after initially being built as a 6,000 foot concrete runway. The airstrip would function as a detachment of RCAF Station Parent, under the control of the Lac St. Denis Air Defence Control Centre (ADCC).〔National Archives of Canada, Pinetree Progress Report No.4 Dated 15 November 1952, Page 1 of 8〕 The Casey airstrip was being considered to be a home for a RCAF squadron,〔National Archives of Canada, Pinetree Progress Report No.4 Dated 15 November 1952, Page 1 of 8 "Val D’Or, PQ and Casey PQ were designated as one squadron air bases but since it has been difficult to find suitable ground for the necessary buildings at Casey, the decision as to whether or not to proceed with its construction as an air base has been held in abeyance pending the results of an investigation into the suitability of other strips such as La Tuque or Lac des Loups as alternative sites for the one-squadron air base."〕 and at one time considered to be a site for another BOMARC site. The airfield was sold to a private firm in November 1964 and is now abandoned. ==Post-Closure== In the early 1970s planes spraying for the spruce budworm used the airstrip to fill up with larvacide, fuel, and take off. On June 9, 1973 one such plane crashed on take off at the end of the runway after briefly being airborne.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation N173W Casey, QC )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 LAX73OL014 )〕 In 1993 a drug-laden Convair 540 landed after being pursued bt CF-18 fighters. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Casey Emergency Airstrip」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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