Embry-Riddle Company, which had been founded at Lunken exactly two years earlier, won the contract. The route began about 65 miles away at the historic and still operating Lunken Airport. It’s on private property southwest of Rushville and is the arrow shown in the Google Maps image at the top of this article. This is arrow #6 of Contract Air Mail Route #24 which connected Cincinnati to Chicago with a stop in Indianapolis.
None of the Indiana arrows retain their towers, sheds, or fuel storage facilities.ġ.
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The “feather” pad held a shed housing a generator if necessary. When created, the installations were originally known as Beacon Stations since their most important feature was an electric beacon mounted on a tower standing on the square pad in the middle of the arrow. This post celebrates the three arrow Indiana sub-caboodle. The 125 arrows documented at Arrows Across America and scattered throughout the USA are an impressive and worthwhile caboodle but it’s out of my league. I’ve only seen three navigation arrows but they were all in Indiana, and, as benefits this series, they are all that exist in Indiana. Some are in some rather remote locations that the much-fitter-than-me Nick will probably reach but which I wouldn’t even consider. What a great and natural caboodle, I thought, and I’ve a hunch that Nick just might reach them all, but I’m quite certain that I won’t. The fact that he mentioned a “to go” number indicates a plan, or at least a hope, of eventually reaching all 125 arrows that are known to exist today. In his post, Nick noted that he had visited 47 arrows and had 78 to go. I was recently reminded of these arrows when Facebook (and real-life) friend Nick Gerlich posted a picture of an arrow in Texas.
In the early days of powered flight, large concrete arrows were placed along the path of airplane routes as navigation aids. Some might consider it less than a full caboodle and I suppose, if a National Caboodle Association is ever formed, I might be called out on it. Like the first My Caboodles chapter, this third installment contains just three items.
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