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jacunda
  
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Toledo area
Gender: Male
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< on 7/10/2009 4:23 PM >
|  | | | I am planning on checking out this site around Monroe, MI this weekend, anyone interested on joining up?
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Zorb
| | Re: Nike Sites D-57 & D-58
<Reply # 1 on 7/11/2009 9:56 AM >
|  | | | Perhaps. Is there much left of it? I've been to a few of the MI sites and there has been very little left to speak of.
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jacunda
location:
Toledo area
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Nike Sites D-57 & D-58
<Reply # 2 on 7/11/2009 1:47 PM >
| | | | Posted by Zorb
Perhaps. Is there much left of it? I've been to a few of the MI sites and there has been very little left to speak of.
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There seems to be a descent amount left to see at this one. Will probably not make the trip this weekend due to the weather, we are in for a steady all day soaker today.
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Zorb
| | Re: Nike Sites D-57 & D-58
<Reply # 3 on 7/12/2009 4:33 AM >
| | | | Are you planning to go any other time soon? Most of these places are pretty easy to get around, so very little or no special equipment would be needed. Just basics, light, simple things, water.
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Fleygar
location:
Willis (Ann Arbor Area)
Gender: Male
| | Re: Nike Sites D-57 & D-58
<Reply # 4 on 7/13/2009 6:34 PM >
| | | | Did you end up going this weekend?
I have seen in the forums these places mentioned once or twice and I have no idea what they are. Are they like the silo's in AZ.
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imprezawrxsti
   
location:
Portland, OR
Gender: Male
nothing is true; everything is permitted
| |  | Re: Nike Sites D-57 & D-58
<Reply # 5 on 7/13/2009 6:42 PM >
| | | | Posted by Fleygar
Are they like the silo's in AZ.
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smaller. Nike was an antiair defence, whereas the Titans in AZ and CO were ICBMs. Still worth checking out though.
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jacunda
location:
Toledo area
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Nike Sites D-57 & D-58
<Reply # 6 on 7/13/2009 8:00 PM >
| | | | Posted by Fleygar
Did you end up going this weekend?
I have seen in the forums these places mentioned once or twice and I have no idea what they are. Are they like the silo's in AZ.
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I did not make it this weekend. The rain Saturday morning put a damper on things and by the time it cleared up I was elbows deep in other projects. Hoping to make a trip in the near future.
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Fleygar
location:
Willis (Ann Arbor Area)
Gender: Male
| | Re: Nike Sites D-57 & D-58
<Reply # 7 on 7/15/2009 6:45 PM >
| | | | Keep us updated on when your planning on going!
I think it would be a blast to check out.
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/-/ooligan
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Las Vegas area
Gender: Male
When in danger, when in doubt, RUN IN CIRCLES, SCREAM AND SHOUT!
| | Re: Nike Sites D-57 & D-58
<Reply # 8 on 7/17/2009 2:53 AM >
| | | | During this interlude where we're all patiently awaiting you intrepid explorers to explore & document here your traipsing around Nike Detroit 58/59 Launch site & the nearby two IFCs, here are a couple images of the 58/59 Launch sites, were I held a solemn ceremony, speaking a few words & launching a missile in remembrance of the troops who once fired off the missiles & shot down the invading Soviet bombers from that very site, thus saving Detroit's military-industrial complex.
http://nikehercules.tripod.com/d-57.html
http://nikehercules.tripod.com/d-58.html
Also keep in mind that the D-57/58 sites were built atop a former Naval Outlying Field (NOLF) for Naval Air Station Grosse Isle during WW-II:
http://www.airfiel...oit_S.html#newport
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whistlebait
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location:
Cincinnati, OH
Gender: Female
"There is no top. There are always further heights to reach."
| |  | Re: Nike Sites D-57 & D-58
<Reply # 9 on 7/20/2009 4:34 AM >
| | | | /-/ooligan, as you clearly show, the Nike missile is an awesome sight to see take flight.
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/-/ooligan
location:
Las Vegas area
Gender: Male
When in danger, when in doubt, RUN IN CIRCLES, SCREAM AND SHOUT!
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<Reply # 10 on 7/20/2009 12:19 PM >
| | | | Posted by whistlebait
/-/ooligan, as you clearly show, the Nike missile is an awesome sight to see take flight.
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BLAZING SKIES, sister!
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