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What are These Giant Concrete Arrows Across the American Landscape?
In the 1920s, America began coast-to-coast Airmail service, but the pioneer pilots had trouble navigating the route, since navigation charts of the day were fugazi and you couldn't exactly pull over to ask a farmer for directions. And traveling at night, when it would have been most efficient, or in bad weather was impossible. To solve this Congress then funded these gi-normous arrow-shaped Airmail Beacons, some up to 70 feet long, to trace a route across the country. (www.core77.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Tom,
Plugged your coordinates into Google Earth and found your arrow. Really cool. Thanks....
Plugged your coordinates into Google Earth and found your arrow. Really cool. Thanks....
How close can you get to by car? I would like to take my 84 year old father to see it?
You can probably get up there with a good off-road vehicle. There seems to be a well worn dirt road the whole way up, starting at a cul-de-sac near 42 River Front Dr, Reno.
You should consult a good satellite map (eg. Google maps) to see the layout of the actual roads before you go out off-roading up to the arrow.
You should consult a good satellite map (eg. Google maps) to see the layout of the actual roads before you go out off-roading up to the arrow.
Where do the airway beacons still light the night sky? In mountainous western Montana the Aeronautics Division of the Montana Department of Transportation operates seventeen airway (off airport) beacons. You'll find them all on the Great Falls Sectional Chart. And you'll find airway beacons at museums such as the Western New Mexico Aviation Heritage Museum at the Grants-Milan Municipal Airport next to Interstate 40 at Grants, NM. The adjacent generator shed includes a Kohler gasoline-powered 1.5 Kw electric generator. Two of these powered many of the airway beacons. Since many beacons were in remote locations, the beacon assembly included an automatic bulb-changer that swiveled a backup bulb into place when the first bulb burned out. Airway beacon towers are also features of air museums at Cottage Grove and at Hood River in Oregon.
For those interested in more info on these transcontinental arrows, check out this website:
http://lightpixiestudio.com/giant-arrows-across-america/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LightPixieStudio+%28Light+Pixie+Studio%29
http://lightpixiestudio.com/giant-arrows-across-america/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LightPixieStudio+%28Light+Pixie+Studio%29
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