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Posted: 1/5/2015 11:45:35 PM EDT
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In the thread over in GD I could see the route went though North Platte. I emailed a link to a bird dog buddy and voila' he sent me an indepth local story ... " The Giant Concrete Arrows " What's your favorite flavor of bird dog? Just curious. Don't want to imagine life without my GSP. ETA: Interesting story. America's belt of moon towers. |
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Posted: 1/5/2015 11:49:58 PM EDT
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That's a neat little piece of history.
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Posted: 1/5/2015 11:53:37 PM EDT
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What's your favorite flavor of bird dog? Just curious. Don't want to imagine life without my GSP. ETA: Interesting story. America's belt of moon towers. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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In the thread over in GD I could see the route went though North Platte. I emailed a link to a bird dog buddy and voila' he sent me an indepth local story ... " The Giant Concrete Arrows " What's your favorite flavor of bird dog? Just curious. Don't want to imagine life without my GSP. ETA: Interesting story. America's belt of moon towers. Wirehaired Pointing Griffon. Had one or more pretty much continuously in the house since '84. |
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Posted: 1/6/2015 12:12:25 AM EDT
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Sooo... Do the arrows point west? Or east?
Not that it matters (pilots ain't stupid, right?  ), but it does raise the question.
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Posted: 1/6/2015 12:18:42 AM EDT
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Sooo... Do the arrows point west? Or east? Not that it matters (pilots ain't stupid, right? ), but it does raise the question.Dunno, but them big bright lights in a sea of black had to be something to see. |
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Posted: 1/6/2015 9:55:40 AM EDT
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I heard this story from another local pilot who told me where one is supposed to be located. He lives in a subdivision beside Lake Allatoona here in Ga and says it's hard to see from the air due to overgrowth. I looked for it back during the summer but I need to try again since the leaves have dropped. It's on a mountain peak just south of the Allatoona dam. He said he thought it was oriented pointing toward Chattanooga.
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Posted: 1/6/2015 3:24:15 PM EDT
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Very cool!
One of the lighted airway beacons was still being used as a navigation hazard light outside of Missoula, MT into the early 2000s. |
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Posted: 1/28/2015 3:35:30 AM EDT
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Very cool! One of the lighted airway beacons was still being used as a navigation hazard light outside of Missoula, MT into the early 2000s. Look at sectional for MT now. All the beacons are still maintained by the MT Aeronautics board. 
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Posted: 1/29/2015 9:44:47 AM EDT
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I landed at LBF just the other day and had lunch. There's quite a few photos and a bunch of info. on the airmail route, plus there used to be a AAF training facility there. One photo showed a really long row of T-crafts lined up which surprised me a little because I never realized that they trained with BC/L-65s.
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Posted: 1/30/2015 2:54:58 PM EDT
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Years ago tore a roof off a old building next to the railroad tracks. Flat roof fairly high.
Under the old layers was one large yellow arrow pointing toward the old airport. Had number of miles to the field. |
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Posted: 1/30/2015 2:56:29 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/30/2015 3:21:02 PM EDT
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Years ago tore a roof off a old building next to the railroad tracks. Flat roof fairly high. Under the old layers was one large yellow arrow pointing toward the old airport. Had number of miles to the field. 
Neat. |
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Posted: 1/30/2015 4:03:29 PM EDT
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Any of them visible on google earth?
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Posted: 1/30/2015 8:48:17 PM EDT
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Any of them visible on google earth? https://www.backcountrypilot.org/forum/giant-concrete-arrows-13055 |
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Posted: 1/30/2015 8:58:37 PM EDT
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Wow! That's neat! Thanks for the link.
I grew up 65 miles south of North Platte and this is the first I've heard of these. |
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