# Amusing Signs **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 3, 2024, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074 "2024-02-03T19:04:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 596
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2024, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/596 "2024-11-19T00:09:23Z")
There are an amazing number of little airports that existed in the 1950s-1960s heyday of general aviation that are buried under houses or light industry now. Not so ancient, but burial; lots & lots of burial. Most lightplane airports suffered at least one fatal accident during their lifetime either on property or nearby. So there’s some house, store, or office built atop a crash site. E.g. from yesterday… > [@The Great Ongoing Aviation Thread (general and other)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-general-and-other/600499/6942): > > NHRA Nationals were cancelled mid-way through the day when a plane (Piper PA-32)crashed into the parking lot. No deaths, a couple of critical injuries, hella scary. Luckily Emergency Services were there for the race, so response was instant. That airport & dragstrip still exist (Duh) but how much longer before they’re under nondescript suburbia like so many of their former brethren? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074)._