I was going by the info on the beacon that you posted. I had read it quite a
while ago. I was unaware of the Montana beacons. I do recall catching a
right seat ride with a National Guard pilot in a C-45. We started in El
Paso, TX and flew to Kansas City. He let me fly while he pointed out which
> "Point of interest, there is a light tower on a hill on the East side
of Saint Paul, MN downtown airport. It is the only light marker still in
operational use."
That _is_ interesting. Here's some more information on that particular
beacon:
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~cosim001/beacon.html
It isn'
Mike T. wrote; I came along too late for the radio ranges, but I've read
about them many
times in old books and articles.
I was around for radio ranges. You can see the antenna in the old
movies. It's the little round ring that you see sticking out of the top or
bottom of the fuse. This was
I came along too late for the radio ranges, but I've read about them many
times in old books and articles. A remarkably simple way to let you figure
out where you were using nothing but an ordinary radio, if you knew what
you were doing. Now it seems we have more and more sophisticated equipment
Great article I can only imagine flying a 400hp open cockpit biplane over
the darkened landscape of an industrializing, but still agrarian up-and-coming
superpower. Those bonfires, wow, and the lights. And, dont forget the "concrete
arrows"
http://sometimes-interesting.com/2013/12/04/concre
Mike,Thanks for the read. This only reinforces the belief that I was born a 100
years too late.Regards,?Bill Jacobs Daytona Beach, Fl.
On Wednesday, October 14, 2015 3:17 PM, Mike Stirewalt via KRnet wrote:
I lived in Tarzana the same time Peter Garrison lived there.? I didn't
know him
I lived in Tarzana the same time Peter Garrison lived there. I didn't
know him then and don't know him now, but I've certainly come to
appreciate his writing in the ensuing years. Mr. Garrison was hanging
around with the Rutans and John Thorpe and Ladislow Pazmany (life member
of my EAA Chapter h
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