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Off_Pavement
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Nov 11, 2014

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 locations for the known locations...

US Airmail Beacons

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  • We accidently found one of those at Pole Mtn., WY. I knew about the beacons, but not the arrows on the ground. In fact, I didn't know what it was when we were standing on it and only learned about it later on some guy's blog site.

    There's one near Rodeo, NM and the radio shack has been moved and turned into a cottage at a local motor court. It's the second airfield on this site: http://www.airfields-freeman.com/NM/Airfields_NM_SW.htm#rodeo

    BTW, abandoned airfields would also be a fun to search for. My wife and I, since we are both pilots and worked for the airlines (as Dispatchers), also search for VORs wherever we go: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VHF_omnidirectional_range

    Happy hunting!

    LS
  • Hilarious!

    Somebody should bring this to the attention of poi-factory.com. They love stuff like this over there, and someone might make a POI file out of it, if there isn't one already.

    I can't wait to stand on an arrow!

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