Aviation history: directional arrows

This is neat. I had never heard of these landmarks before. They helped guide airmail planes in the early aviation days.

Concrete Arrows & The U.S. Airmail Beacon System

 

I am such an aviation geek that not only couldn't I get enough of this story...as luck would have it, I flew right over this one:

Google Maps

...on my Southwest flight from LAX to ABQ this afternoon. Just saw it right before it passed under the wing. Amazing.

 

That was a good story, thanks for posting it.

I also read the link to the story on the bodies on Mount Everest. The photos are graphic, so be warned, but it was an interesting story.

 

TV and Baron, glad you liked that. Here is a website with even more information about them:

Arrows Across America-home page

Enjoy and have a great summer,
VB

 

There were some other good links from the arrow story. The story of the abandoned asylum was both compressive and horrifying.