Future of aviation - fact or fiction

"Gene Seibel" wrote in message
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Monday I made a stop on a cross country flight to have lunch with my
daughter. Afterwards we dropped in to a used book store to browse. As
usual I migrated to the aviation section. The gem I laid my eyes on
this time was written in 1957 and titled, "Flying the Omnirange." It
touts the advantages and incredible possibilities of the fantastic new
VHF onmidirectional radio range (VOR) that was replacing the
low-frequency rado ranges in the 1950's. Here are a few paragraphs that
you may find interesting and mildly amusing.
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I have a sectional chart from the Roswell, NM area dated 1945. There are
Danger Areas, Prohibited Areas, a handful of NDBs (the Roswell NDB still has
the same frequency that it had then). There is a note on one corner that
says if you are caught passing the information on the chart to the enemy you
will be charged with treason. On the other corner is the price: twenty-five
cents : )

Allen

Allen wrote:

I have a sectional chart from the Roswell, NM area dated 1945. There are
Danger Areas, Prohibited Areas, a handful of NDBs (the Roswell NDB still has
the same frequency that it had then).

Of course it does! Do you think UFOs have access to current charts and
NOTAMs?

I have a sectional chart from the Roswell, NM area dated 1945. There are
Danger Areas, Prohibited Areas, a handful of NDBs (the Roswell NDB still has
the same frequency that it had then). There is a note on one corner that
says if you are caught passing the information on the chart to the enemy you
will be charged with treason. On the other corner is the price: twenty-five
cents : )

My A&P showed me an old Des Moines Sectional Chart (long since
eliminated) from the 1960s. It was:

- Printed on very sturdy paper, unlike the ones we have today that must
be scotch-taped at the seams immediately, or they shred.

- The color was quite vibrant, compared to today's, even 40 years old.

- The map was one-sided. The flip side contained a plethora of
information that we can only wish was on today's sectionals.

- The price was forty cents.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

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- The map was one-sided. The flip side contained a plethora of
information that we can only wish was on today's sectionals.



Was it twice as big as ours today?

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I have a sectional chart from the Roswell, NM area dated 1945. There are
Danger Areas, Prohibited Areas, a handful of NDBs (the Roswell NDB still has
the same frequency that it had then). There is a note on one corner that
says if you are caught passing the information on the chart to the enemy you
will be charged with treason. On the other corner is the price: twenty-five
cents : )


Now if we could only have Google Earth from 1945 - see what's going on in
those Danger Areas!

GF