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I noticed that Westover Field redirects here. I found no mention of this name in the article and a Google search turned up nothing that I could work with. I'm changing the redirect to point to Amador County Airport (O70). If you have any disagreements, please drop me a note on my talk page and we can wok on a dab. Thadius856 19:08, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
I strongly suggest that each airport get a different article. See Charleston International Airport and Charleston AFB for examples of what we could do. The combined page is unwieldy and confusing no matter how it is organized. Calitorp ( talk) 17:25, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
I challenge the first clause of the statement "Due to its proximity to Connecticut, discount carrier Skybus Airlines markets Westover as "Hartford (Chicopee, MA)" on its route maps." Without a third party reference verifying it, I would prefer to let our readers make inferences about why Skybus markets Westover as Hartford then to make the inference for them. If it's obvious, then we don't need to say it anyway.
Also, a number of edits have tried to find a way to claim that Westover is the only airport in Massachusetts other than Logan 1) offering commercial service (which isn't true), 2) offering jet service (also not true), 3) offering commercial service beyond neighboring states (however that's defined; Nantucket Memorial Airport has service to Virginia), or 4) west of Boston offering commercial service. Without a reference asserting notability, I don't think any of these statements are worth including and strike me as bordering on a marketing effort for either the airport or Skybus.
However, I've reverted these changes enough in the last few days, so I'll let someone else revert or form a consensus here. ASHill ( talk) 19:37, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
Beyond a novelty like Nantucket and the state's major airport (Logan), there is only one airport with a national airline in Mass. It is Westover. That is notable. You would need to drive exactly 90.5 miles between BOS and CEF. There is also some notability because MassPort's airports have no service except Logan. Now I agree that the comments about ORH had no place and I deleted them. That being said, it is significant that there are only two airports on the mainland of MA that offer scheduled flights that are not classified as commuter flights. Yes, you can fly from VA and NY to Nantucket. But I suspect that no other airport beyond BOS and CEF offer service to four out-of-state destinations. Calitorp ( talk) 20:08, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
I propose that Pollution from Westover Air Reserve Base be merged into this article; details over pollution problems should be a sub-heading. Pollution from Westover Air Reserve Base is tagged with several problems, and it would just be best if these two articles were merged. Thoughts? User:Marechal Ney —Preceding undated comment added 18:19, 28 May 2011 (UTC).
Original article too POV. Additional reliable sources required to help improve neutrality. Haruth ( talk) 11:02, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
I'm proposing to merge Stony Brook Air Force Station into this article. RobDuch ( talk· contribs) 23:47, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
Westover Field is mentioned in episode 15 of season 2 of Hogan's Heroes ("Information, Please") as the originating base of a captured american pilot who was in fact a planted German spy tasked with identifying suspected information leaks with the POW camp. 76.152.173.175 ( talk) 04:30, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
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I noticed that Westover Field redirects here. I found no mention of this name in the article and a Google search turned up nothing that I could work with. I'm changing the redirect to point to Amador County Airport (O70). If you have any disagreements, please drop me a note on my talk page and we can wok on a dab. Thadius856 19:08, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
I strongly suggest that each airport get a different article. See Charleston International Airport and Charleston AFB for examples of what we could do. The combined page is unwieldy and confusing no matter how it is organized. Calitorp ( talk) 17:25, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
I challenge the first clause of the statement "Due to its proximity to Connecticut, discount carrier Skybus Airlines markets Westover as "Hartford (Chicopee, MA)" on its route maps." Without a third party reference verifying it, I would prefer to let our readers make inferences about why Skybus markets Westover as Hartford then to make the inference for them. If it's obvious, then we don't need to say it anyway.
Also, a number of edits have tried to find a way to claim that Westover is the only airport in Massachusetts other than Logan 1) offering commercial service (which isn't true), 2) offering jet service (also not true), 3) offering commercial service beyond neighboring states (however that's defined; Nantucket Memorial Airport has service to Virginia), or 4) west of Boston offering commercial service. Without a reference asserting notability, I don't think any of these statements are worth including and strike me as bordering on a marketing effort for either the airport or Skybus.
However, I've reverted these changes enough in the last few days, so I'll let someone else revert or form a consensus here. ASHill ( talk) 19:37, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
Beyond a novelty like Nantucket and the state's major airport (Logan), there is only one airport with a national airline in Mass. It is Westover. That is notable. You would need to drive exactly 90.5 miles between BOS and CEF. There is also some notability because MassPort's airports have no service except Logan. Now I agree that the comments about ORH had no place and I deleted them. That being said, it is significant that there are only two airports on the mainland of MA that offer scheduled flights that are not classified as commuter flights. Yes, you can fly from VA and NY to Nantucket. But I suspect that no other airport beyond BOS and CEF offer service to four out-of-state destinations. Calitorp ( talk) 20:08, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
I propose that Pollution from Westover Air Reserve Base be merged into this article; details over pollution problems should be a sub-heading. Pollution from Westover Air Reserve Base is tagged with several problems, and it would just be best if these two articles were merged. Thoughts? User:Marechal Ney —Preceding undated comment added 18:19, 28 May 2011 (UTC).
Original article too POV. Additional reliable sources required to help improve neutrality. Haruth ( talk) 11:02, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
I'm proposing to merge Stony Brook Air Force Station into this article. RobDuch ( talk· contribs) 23:47, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
Westover Field is mentioned in episode 15 of season 2 of Hogan's Heroes ("Information, Please") as the originating base of a captured american pilot who was in fact a planted German spy tasked with identifying suspected information leaks with the POW camp. 76.152.173.175 ( talk) 04:30, 11 February 2024 (UTC)