Transcontinental Airway System Beacons
I just learned about these historical sites and thought I'd share as many of the remaining sites may be on public lands, and I don't know where else to post the information anyway. There are GPS loca...
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And it appears that it has crossed the USA at least twice. I bought it at the airport in Manassas, VA in 1970 and sold it while it was based at the Arlington, WA airport in about 1975. So now it's back on the east coast again. My, my, that little 2-seater really gets around! :)
I took my private pilot flight exam in that airplane... and even though it was *my* exam, the examiner actually flew the airplane most of the time. Taking us through the window I had reserved a Cherokee 140 for radio work. No radios in the T-cart so the examiner, realizing that I would fail the test if he didn't include something about radios, pointed to the oil pressure indicator and asked me, "If that were the VOR needle, which way would you turn to intercept the radial?". I answered correctly and got my license! LOL
44 years ago.
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I took my private pilot flight exam in that airplane... and even though it was *my* exam, the examiner actually flew the airplane most of the time. Taking us through the window I had reserved a Cherokee 140 for radio work. No radios in the T-cart so the examiner, realizing that I would fail the test if he didn't include something about radios, pointed to the oil pressure indicator and asked me, "If that were the VOR needle, which way would you turn to intercept the radial?". I answered correctly and got my license! LOL
44 years ago.
WDR
