The Abandoned Airways - How Airmail Transformed America
Calum Calum
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 Published On May 31, 2023

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All across America, thousands of unusual concrete arrows are hidden high upon hills, in deep woodlands and arid deserts. They are the last remains of a vast network that once guides planes across America in the early days of aviation. I went looking for them.

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00:00 - Introduction
04:42 - Pioneering Early Airmail
08:51 - The First Airways
10:20 - Lighting the Airways
13:11 - The Airways Division
14:55 - The Beacon Station Equipment & Layout
20:47 - Growing & Maintaining the Airways
22:58 - The End of an Era
25:21 - Tracking Down the Beacons
26:40 - Nevada Beacon Sites
29:03 - Arrows in St George, Utah
31:02 - Beacons of New Mexico
33:35 - A Reconstructed Beacon Site
38:10 - The Couple Tracking Down Americas Beacons
41:19 - Waffling on a Bit


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