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Concrete airmail beacon navigation arrows.

Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2015 5:34 pm
by David MacRay
I just found a really great site talking about them and appearently there are some in Idaho and Montana. This is good news as that is much closer than the main line further south of me.

http://sometimes-interesting.com/2013/1 ... on-system/

Re: Concrete airmail beacon navigation arrows.

Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2015 9:25 pm
by Chuck Ellsworth
I can remember using the airmail navigation lights flying cross country in the USA as late as 1956 or 1957.

Re: Concrete airmail beacon navigation arrows.

Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2015 3:55 am
by ScudRunner-d95
[quote author=HuronPotentialConflict link=topic=727.msg2722#msg2722 date=1440802852]
Wow, I have never heard of these before... Thanks for sharing

Is there any similar story for historically navigating Canada at night? I would imagine they didin't put up lit arrows however...
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Nah we just took a left at the moose and looked for the beaver dam near Jimmy's hunting cabin and bam you found yourself in Flin Flon

Re: Concrete airmail beacon navigation arrows.

Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2015 4:45 am
by David MacRay
Was the dam ever augmented by a light source? I imagine Flin Flon was probably quite well lit by flare stacks later on.

Re: Concrete airmail beacon navigation arrows.

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2015 4:38 pm
by Colonel

Re: Concrete airmail beacon navigation arrows.

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2015 7:28 pm
by Colonel
always with the sexual innuedoes ...

Re: Concrete airmail beacon navigation arrows.

Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2019 1:44 am
by David MacRay
We drove through Idaho last week and I finally stopped to look at one of these it was extra cool because it is complete with tower and generator shack. They painted it all last year to celibrate the 100th anniversary of US airmail.

Re: Concrete airmail beacon navigation arrows.

Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2019 3:56 am
by ScudRunner-d95
Pics!