BFA's terminal 1 was finally completed, and my The Mayor's disdain for purely non-functional airports was outmanuvered by my The Mayor's love of looking outside at JFK's apron. To coincide with the non-functional reopening, a Railway Service to BFA was initiated; this is done using ICE-2 trainsets bought secondhand, while a local service paces near it with what is usually Capitalstar EMUs; primarily on the Northern DC lines. Several M3 sets survive in service; these are possibly going to be replaced with Desiro units; however. BFA itself is still a hotbed for Commercial Flying, with a Air-To-Orbit project continuing using a Tu-144 and a MD-11 bought off the local scrapyard. However, there's currently disputes going on between the local Civil Air Patrol branch and the Airlaunch Company; the latest movement is parking a MD-11 infront of the CAP hangars. As of today, CimTrans is trying to work out an agreement. BFA itself has 2 main spokes; one handles longer-distance Ryanair and the miscellaneous AE flights usually, the other mostly CS Airlines. Connected directly to T1 are gates to shuttle flights; you can grab a cramped ride in a CRJ200 to Gramercy, St. James or Newark (however, the last option is not that patronized.) Now, to the elephant in the room; why are 4 MiG-21 jets infront of a American airport terminal? Well, back in the good ol' days where every train had graffiti on it and the major was a corrupt SoB, BFA was becoming dangerously unsafe for flying; a accident in '78 where a very unlucky and very high-profile F2A slipped off the runway on to the main lines that Amtrak took in and out of the city made the point clear; the Airport was at it's breaking point. The one thing the Council could do, in an embarrassing move, would be to ask the ol' USSR for help.

Of course, it worked, and with a letter from the Premier himself and a Blank Check for the Airport and some extra for Education (unrelated, the City swears, was the purchase and distribution of the Communist Manefesto to Libraries.) In 1990, to express the City's gratitude, we began a twinning with Leningrad, and we donated 4 F-84s from a scrap heap for display in exchange for 4 MiGs; relations with St. Peterburg continue to this day, however they've been getting colder recently. The Port of Portdale is beginning to take shape in the last 2 photos; Cims Metal Recycling is a company that cuts up pretty much everything (except MP-70 and MP-54 cars, both of which contain pollutants only able to be handled by the Railroad itself, but the R-32 cars that are being replaced with some French stuff are fare game). This includes planes, and there's a couple Jetliners in the boneyard at any given time. However, not all are destined for the Scrapheap, 2 F-14s and 2 A-6s are being retained for the University Island Aviation Museum; when it's built, anyway.