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dbkirby>Keith F. Lynch (kfl@access.digex.net) wrote:

dbkirby>: Not to be confused with "Langley," which is a name novelists use for
dbkirby>the : CIA when they think they're being clever.  Of course the CIA isn't
dbkirby>really : in Langley, it's in McLean.

dbkirby>   *Is* there a "Langley" in NOVA? If so, where is it? I have a 
dbkirby>particular mental block with this: I spent my high school years
dbkirby>in the Denbigh section of Newport News, Va., an area (slightly)
dbkirby>closer to Williamsburg than it is to the center of downtown
dbkirby>Newport News. A couple of high school friends were sons of the
dbkirby>"original seven" astronauts, who lived in Denbigh but who were
dbkirby>stationed at *Langley* Air Force Base on the other side of
dbkirby>the peninsula in Hampton, Va. (Other friends' fathers worked there,
dbkirby>also, of course, but none of you would be familiar with them.) Thus, 
dbkirby>whenever I see the location *Langley* in spy novels, I flash
dbkirby>immediately to Virginia's peninsula, wondering if the CIA really
dbkirby>has a base there (we'll ignore the Williamsburg location for 
dbkirby>purposes of this post); it takes me a second or so to realize
dbkirby>what the author is talking about.
dbkirby>   I don't see Langely on local maps. I'm curious about the
dbkirby>history of the place.
dbkirby>      -- David

Here at United Parcel Service, we recognized addressed packages
to Langlely, VA too two different zip codes.  The Post office does
the same.

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