Hi Ken,
The first time I flew with Narco Superhomers and Omnigators, I thought they
would be around forever. Most of my cross-country trips were made with
these VOR devices. Then came LORAN for a while, and, finally, GPS. Now,
these all seem in the distant past when I see the new glass panels of
digital displays with moving maps and keyboards. I'm afraid I might feel I
was flying a computer instead of an airplane.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Ken Norton" <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 12:11 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: At the Airport Today
>> The AIRWAYS beacons that marked the original cross-country airways are
>> almost all decommissioned. The AIRPORT beacons are still very much in
>> use.
>> I suspect that the light mechanisms were very similar.
>
> I didn't think that any airways beacons were left. VORs replaced them.
> But a quick bit of research shows that there might still be some in
> operation up in the mountains of Montana.
>
> It was my understanding that the airways beacons didn't rotate, but
> that isn't quite correct. There was a rotating white beacon running at
> 6 rpm. Then there were the red or green coarse lights which flashed
> out the Morse code of one of ten possible letters. A red coarse light
> was for a beacon placed along a route, a green coarse light indicated
> that it was at an airport.
>
> VORs were a nice upgrade.
>
> AG
>
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