FAA approves new Fla. private spaceport

[Dr Mordrid]

Cecil Field is a former Naval Air Station near Jacksonville, Florida...

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Florida's Cecil Field wins FAA spaceport approval

The Federal Aviation Authority has approved a space launch license for Cecil Field in Jacksonville, making it the state's first spaceport designed to lure space tourism business.

Read a copy of the FAA approval here.(PDF)
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"We're extremely excited and very much looking to the future to work with potential operators," said Todd Lindner, administrator of planning, grants and environmental programs for the Jacksonville Aviation Authority, which began the application process in 2005.

The license allows Cecil Field to support horizontal launches by reusable vehicles like Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo and others in development that would take off like planes and launch suborbital flights over the Atlantic Ocean.
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[Jammrock]

My in-laws live in the south JAX suburbs and my family is vacationing there. My wife called and told me, followed by "See, this is a good reason to move here."

My father-in-law actually worked at Cecil Field calibrating fighter jet and helicopter instruments.

This could make trips down to JAX much more interesting