I don't think you sound crazy at all. I think your idea of preserving some of these arrows is a great idea--not only repainting, but maybe even reconstructing the whole thing...a mini museum. That way generations who never knew a world without iphones and ipads can marvel at the strangely creative way their ancestors dealt with navigation problems. Quirky little bits of history preserved by chance. I've been trying to find out if there are any arrows still remaining in the Cleveland area, but with no luck. There's a lot less open space out here. My guess is that they've all been bulldozed. One more cool thing about Utah, maybe. ~Kelly
It was really neat standing on those things with all my fancy electronics thinking how when the arrows were poured almost 100 years ago the workers doing the pouring could never have imagined things like iPhones and iPads.
I look at these things as a fascinating part of aviation history. So much so that I pitched doing a story about them to a reporter friend. He likes the idea and is thinking sometime next month. We'll see.
And, at the risk of going a bit crazy here, I'd really like to see at least some of these things preserved. I'd start with the one off exit 77 as it's in pretty good shape, already has something of a fence around it and you can drive right up to it.
I'm envisioning getting some CAP cadets out there to clear brush and maybe even apply a coat of the same color paint that was on the arrows originally. I see on the web it's been done elsewhere, so why not here?
Lots of pictures in the camera. Hopefully I'll get a few posted later tonight.
All in all a really fun day.
patrick
On 27 Aug 2013, at 09:24, Joe Bauman wrote:
These things were set up 10 miles apart. Some must remain near roads in nice dark areas. -- Joe
------------------------------ On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 8:22 AM MDT Erik Hansen wrote:
Did not see a road, looks like quite a hike.
Great little platforms for setting up in a dark sky area! Do you think we
could get the government to install electrical outlets and bathrooms for us?
-A
On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 3:28 PM, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com>wrote:
Hi Ed,
Thanks for the tip.
I looked on Google Earth at that area but could not find it.
Here's a screen shot of where I was looking: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/exit62.jpg
Is that the right area? If it is can you see the arrow and help me narrow the search?
Thanks,
patrick
On 26 Aug 2013, at 07:23, Ed wrote:
Patrick,
There is an aviation arrow for the SLC to San Francisco route on top of the hill just north of exit 62 on I-80.
This is the same spot I mentioned some time back as a good place to get an unobstructed view of the western horizon.
Ed
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