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FamineGet the old Hockenheimring. Snip out the stadium complex. Turn the three chicanes into simple right-handers, et voila - Nellis.
(odd we're talking about this in a thread about Nellis...).
By the way, you all DO know that every time someone mentions Nellis by its "popular codename", "they" kill a puppy, don't you?
Nellis AFB and Groom Lake/Area 51/Dreamland are different entities -> http://www.nellis.af.mil/home.htm Nellis is where fighter pilots train to become better fighters, bombers, etc. Civilians could go visit Nellis AFB if they so chose. Groom Lake/Area 51 however: A) The government would like people to believe it doesn't exist. B) Good luck getting in without getting yourself killed as, "Use of deadly force authorized" is plastered all over its outside borders. C) It is where the government tests the new technologies: the U-2/TR-1 and SR-71 as spy planes, B-2 & F-117 as stealth jets and countless other technologies.
Having said that though, Nellis AFB is close enough to "Dreamland" that the location gets referred to as the "Nellis area." The Nellis AFB pilots fly out to the Nevada desert to practice their bombing runs. Where their bombs land, is close to the basin that Groom Lake sat in. To avoid confusion, the track that we are toying with is inside of Dreamland, not within the physical boundaries of Nellis AFB; though I'm sure Nellis' runway system would be cool to zip around with a car also.