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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LenSatic wrote:
You know, it might be pretty cool to take an RV trip down to NC and fly it once again. ;) I know the name and address.
LS
It would be but I live in WA and that would be a heck of a trip. Not many people get to fly the airplane they took their first check ride in, however.
I bought that little T-cart for $1,250 in the spring of 1970, flew it across the country, used it for fishing and hunting on remote strips (it had oversized tires... not balloon but much bigger and a Scott tailwheel), used it for business, and dated my wife in it. Can't ask much more of any vehicle.
Never could figure out how to sleep in it, though. But slept under a tarp over the left wing in a sleeping bag a lot.
Not sure much of what I used to do in that airplane would still be legal in the lower 48.
WDR
