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36A SF-SL Pumpernickle-Iron Point DOCILF aviation arrow
Nevada

Standing atop a recently painted yellow aviation arrow in the Pumpernickel Valley of remote Nevada, part of the arrow & beacon airmail system.  Before our current GPS satellite & radar, airplane pilots who did transcontinental airmail routes at night would fly following these large cement arrows, often accompanied by beacons with a light.  While there were over 1500 of them across the country back in the day, about 100 of them remain today, decaying & forgotten like this one.  This one is along the San Francisco to Salt Lake City airway, to which the route was established on September 8, 1920 & discontinued on November 30, 1930.

Copyright: William L
Type: Spherical
Resolution: 12804x6402
Taken: 03/10/2021
Uploaded: 05/01/2022
Published: 05/01/2022
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Tags: pumpernickel valley; nevada; great basin; arrow; beacon; aviation; air mail; airway beacon; arrow and beacon; edna mountain; golconda; aviation arrow; airmail
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