This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Unfolding Vision of Airway Marking System Worldwide
A 1920s era piece describes a new ground based signaling network for aviation. Arthur Ford’s system uses large illuminated letters and color markers on the earth to guide pilots, with beacons and semaphore signals. Municipal airports and chains of airfields are urged, Newark and Pinehurst cited as progress.
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United States
Air Fie Awar Dawke
Ichita
Kansas
Arthur 8. Ford
Department of Commerce and Navy Department
War Department
Department of Agriculture
The
United States Weather Bureau
Post Office Department
American Airports Corporation
Newark
N. J
Pinehurst
N. C
Mid-South
Airports Corporation
Europe
Altosgether
Junior
Columbus
Ohio
Buffalo
George
Paris
Richard E. Byrd
Ves Sur Mer