Palo Alto Airport for kids
Watch Out for Jackrabbits!. The true story of Palo Alto Airport, near East Palo Alto, CA, told for kids.
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Look up! Maybe you'll see a little airplane! Right near this freeway is the Palo Alto Airport. Pilots who land there get a very funny warning. They are told to watch out for birds and jackrabbits!
Jackrabbits! Imagine a plane coming down, and a bunny hops across the runway like it's waiting for a school bus. The runway is about two thousand four hundred feet long. That's much shorter than at a big airport, so little planes can use it. Flying clubs keep their planes there too.
One of them, the Stanford Flying Club, started back in 1930. Now look up at the sky. Can you spot a plane? Hold your arms out like wings and say vrrrrroom!
Quiz the back seat
What should pilots watch out for when they land?
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Birds and jackrabbits. Yes! Birds and jackrabbits. Even airports share space with animals.
3 fun facts
- Palo Alto Airport has one paved runway about 2,443 feet long.
- Pilots are warned to watch out for bird and jackrabbit activity.
- The Stanford Flying Club was established in 1930.
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