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KB2VXA > GOOGLE   09.03.08 09:00l 28 Lines 1128 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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From: KB2VXA@VK2TV.#MNC.NSW.AUS.OC
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Hi Ray and all,

With regards to pilots using man made features (landmarks) as 
navigational aids you reminded me of an incident in Newark NJ some years 
ago. The famous Flying Eagle sign atop the Anheuser Busch brewery was 
taken down due to age and maintainence costs which raised such an uproar 
from the pilots it was completely refurbished and put up again. Pilots 
landing at Newark International have been using it to locate the airport 
under VFR conditions for more than 60 years, especially at night it can 
be seen for miles and miles while the rotating beacon atop hangar 14 hugs 
the ground.

One other thing, the New Jersey Turnpike is in perfect alignment with 
runway 4R which makes following the "conga line" easy. Take a look at 
Google and try to find the runway without it, I guarantee you'll get lost 
in that vast complex that dwarfs both runways while at most other 
airports the runways are the dominant feature.

73 de Warren

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Message timed by NIST: 03:32 on 2008-Mar-09 GMT



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