Jeff Riechmann (Rick-mann) has been involved in airport safety
for all his adult life. As a young airman, he was a crash-crew
fireman at Edwards Air Force Base; after his honorable discharge,
he went to work for Kern County as a firefighter, while staying
active in the Air Force Reserve. Retired now from the military, he
still is a firefighter for the county -- but he's a very special
firefighter, with responsibility for all of the county's aviation
programs.
To see the area surrounding the Mojave airport in its future
perspective you have to view it in the same terms that Walt Disney
viewed the swamps outside of Orlando in the early 1960s. That is
because if the future of private spaceflight is to grow, its
roots may best be located in Mojave.
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