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Title: Golden age navigational aids
Post by: Matt Revington on December 28, 2018, 04:21:11 PM

These concrete arrows, often lit by beacons, pointed the way for airmail service, installed between 1926 and 1932,

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Title: Re: Golden age navigational aids
Post by: Kurt Kummer on December 28, 2018, 11:19:15 PM

Thanks Matt. I'd heard of these navaids before but never seen one. Now I see I was maybe fifty feet from the one in Great Bend, KS in September when I was there for the Great Bend AirFest. I wish I'd known. Thanks again for this fascinating bit of history.

TIGHAR

Historic Aircraft Recovery and Preservation => Golden Age Aircraft topics => Topic started by: Matt Revington on December 28, 2018, 04:21:11 PM