Sunday, August 5, 2007

Pilotage

Date Aircraft Route of Flight Time (hrs) Total (hrs)
05 Aug 2007 N21481 5G0 (LeRoy, NY) - N30 (Honesdale, PA) - 5G0 3.3 542.3

Returning from lunch at Cherry Ridge in northeast Pennsylvania, we encountered this sight on the ground:


In the early days of aviation, the names of cities and towns would often appear painted on the roofs of large buildings or cut into nearby fields to aid pilots in their navigational awareness.  Clearly, someone down there thought we should revive the practice, though it's a shame they did not make an effort to be more specific.

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