Idea for Jay

"Cecil E. Chapman" wrote:

Near my home airport (Reid-Hillview in San Jose), near the point where one
is typically asked to report at two miles on a 45 into the downwind, there
is a water tower that has "RHV 2.5 miles ---" pointing towards the airport.
Also at Half Moon Bay airport there is a 'roof mural' of Snoopy ontop his
Sopwith Camel. :-)

now that is what Jay need on his roof

--
Chris Woodhouse
Oklahoma City

"They that can give up essential liberty
to obtain a little temporary safety
deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-- Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania

"Mike O'Malley" wrote in message
...
I always thought it was nice when the airport would paint their name on
either
the ramp, or on a hanger's roof. One of the funnier ones though is DEC,
Decatur, IL. On their ramp, in 10 foot letters they wrote "DECATUR, IL"
now, it
was nice to know I was near Decatur, but you have to be REALLY lost if you
don't
know what STATE you're in, or if you mistake it for, say Decatur, AL.

I occasionally listen on my scanner to the local airport Unicom and have
heard "St James Minnesota traffic...etc.... St James, MN traffic"... Must
be an Iowan. ;-)

Oh, all yee of short memory.

In the early days before electronic navigation, many barn roofs and
water towers had the names painted on them. If you got lost all you
had to do was find a 'sign' and circle it to read where you were and
go from there.

I rarely see these signs anymore with the GPS and other navigation
systems we have.

Big John


On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 22:12:48 -0500, "Mike O'Malley"
wrote:

Jay, got a question- is your hotel's roof visible from the traffic pattern?

I only ask because I just remembered a place we used to fly over every day when
towing banners, they'd put a sign up on their roof for all (pilots) to read:

http://www.pbase.com/image/22429281

Ever think of doing anything similar on the Inn? Though, unless the roof is
relativly flat like this one, it could look kind of tacky from the ground.

In article , Big John
wrote:

In the early days before electronic navigation, many barn roofs and
water towers had the names painted on them. If you got lost all you
had to do was find a 'sign' and circle it to read where you were and
go from there.

I still read the water towers.
Of course, in the Champ, I usually fly 500 - 1000 AGL.

That's the Bayview in Lower Township, NJ. Great place!

"Mike O'Malley" wrote in message
...
Jay, got a question- is your hotel's roof visible from the traffic
pattern?

I only ask because I just remembered a place we used to fly over every day
when
towing banners, they'd put a sign up on their roof for all (pilots) to
read:

http://www.pbase.com/image/22429281

Ever think of doing anything similar on the Inn? Though, unless the roof
is
relativly flat like this one, it could look kind of tacky from the ground.

--
Mike

In the early days before electronic navigation, many barn roofs and
water towers had the names painted on them.

You can thank the gals:

http://www.ninety-nines.org/airmark.html

Airmarking:
"This program of identifying airports to pilots was started as the National Air
Marking Program. This program was the first U.S. government program conceived,
planned and directed by a woman with an all-woman staff. The program was a part
of the Bureau of Air Commerce."

And a rather sad interlude -- "But then came the war. After the bombing at
Pearl Harbor in 1941, the U.S. Government determined that marked airports along
the east and west coast were obvious targets for enemy identification and
attack. Consequently, Blanche Noyes, who had set about the work of marking some
13,000 sites, went about the work of blacking out those very markings she and
her team of women pilots had diligently created."

Big John wrote in message . ..
Oh, all yee of short memory.

In the early days before electronic navigation, many barn roofs and
water towers had the names painted on them. If you got lost all you
had to do was find a 'sign' and circle it to read where you were and
go from there.

I rarely see these signs anymore with the GPS and other navigation
systems we have.

Big John,

You flew out of Willie didn't you? Remember the one on a mountain
about 5 mi. east of Falcon that says "---PHX"? Well, it's still
there (been there since the 30's). When I 1st started flying in the
80s, I remember that sign was out in the uninhabited part of the
valley. Now it's surrounded by suburbs. Doesn't serve much of a
purpose anymore, but it's still neat to see when you're flying along.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)

(StellaStar) wrote in message ...

And a rather sad interlude -- "But then came the war. After the bombing at
Pearl Harbor in 1941, the U.S. Government determined that marked airports along
the east and west coast were obvious targets for enemy identification and
attack. Consequently, Blanche Noyes, who had set about the work of marking some
13,000 sites, went about the work of blacking out those very markings she and
her team of women pilots had diligently created."

Sounds a lot like the current "security" related knee-jerk
reactions. Take away something useful from GA on the remote chance
that the "enemy" might use it. Navigation being what it was in those
days, I'd venture to guess that the impact of that decision hurt more
of our pilots than helped lost Japanese pilots.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)

EDR wrote:

I still read the water towers.

So do I. It's amazing how many towns there are named "Municipal Water Dept".

George Patterson
To a pilot, altitude is like money - it is possible that having too much
could prove embarassing, but having too little is always fatal.

John

Yep. With the 364 flying days a year and clear air there, saw the sign
a lot.

Went back a few years ago to a reunion and couldn't find my way around
on the ground. I'm sure from the air it would have been as bad.

I checked the history records for the reunion and found that we
averaged killing one student a month and one instructor every three
months for the four years I was there.


Would average about 175 hours a month in the F-80/T-33. Start before
dawn and quit around mid-night for days on end.

My show off maneuver was the double immelman in the T-33. (The F-80A/B
didn't have a big enough engine to do it) Only a few of us did/could
do them because you were on the very ragged edge when you came out on
top of the second )

Stories of days gone by. Do miss that flying )

Big John

Were yoi at Willie John or do you just live in area?


On 20 Oct 2003 15:59:25 -0700, (John Galban)
wrote:

Big John wrote in message . ..
Oh, all yee of short memory.

In the early days before electronic navigation, many barn roofs and
water towers had the names painted on them. If you got lost all you
had to do was find a 'sign' and circle it to read where you were and
go from there.

I rarely see these signs anymore with the GPS and other navigation
systems we have.

Big John,

You flew out of Willie didn't you? Remember the one on a mountain
about 5 mi. east of Falcon that says "---PHX"? Well, it's still
there (been there since the 30's). When I 1st started flying in the
80s, I remember that sign was out in the uninhabited part of the
valley. Now it's surrounded by suburbs. Doesn't serve much of a
purpose anymore, but it's still neat to see when you're flying along.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)