Submitted by Lillian Nieves
Specialists from San Juan International Flight Service Station in 2008 prior to facility closure
Names unknown
Submitted by Lillian Nieves
Specialists from Miami International Flight Service Station (IFSS) before closing in January 2017
Names unknown
São Tomé Lighthouse Flight Information Service, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2003.
The São Tomé Lighthouse Flight Information Service is located on the Cape of São Tomé and is staffed with six radio operators and a supervisor. This is a helicopter airport that supports the oil platforms in Campos-Rio de Janeiro basin. Operations commenced on June 13,1999. São Tomé is a small coastal city in the State of Rio de Janeir.
The lighthouse is an important geographical mark not only for boats and ships, but also for the helicopters that fly to the oil & gas offshore platforms of Petrobras Company, in Campos Basin.
OFACS Radio Positions
Radio positions in an Overseas-Foreign Aeronautical Communications Station WWII
Submitted by John Spencer, son of Percy L. Spencer above
CAA Balboa Radio Station (WHZ), Canal Zone, 1949
1949 newspaper article on the Air Safety Conference
BELOW: CAA Balboa Radio Station (WHZ), Canal Zone, 1948
This was printed on card stock depicting employee names and their assigned positions while stationed at the Civil Aeronautics Administration, Balboa Radio Station. According to Percy L. Spencer, listed on the second card above as Foreign Aeronautical Communications oversight, Balboa Station, along with New Orleans, Miami, and San Juan were major points of control for air traffic from the United States and Central and South America. Balboa was a
large facility.
Submitted by John Spencer
Submitted by John Spencer
CAA Balboa Radio Station (WHZ), Canal Zone, 1948
Christmas card from CAA Balboa Radio Station, WHZ
Submitted by John R. Keith
Saigon En Route Center, 1966
I went to Vietnam, courtesy of the Army, arriving in Dec 1966. I flew on a C-141 from Travis AFB near San Francisco to Ton Shan Nut AFB, near Saigon. We stopped at Wake Island. I went inside and talked with the on-duty communicators and enjoyed a short visit with them. When I got to Saigon, I came across an FAA ATC on Ton Shan Nut, as I recall. I went inside and talked to the good folks there. As I recall, they were handling all the civilian traffic in the Saigon area.
Submitted by John R. Keith
Wake Island En Route Center, 1966
I went to Vietnam, courtesy of the Army, arriving in Dec 1966. I flew on a C-141 from Travis AFB near San Francisco to Ton Shan Nut AFB, near Saigon. We stopped at Wake Island, where I took this picture. I went inside and talked with the on-duty communicators and enjoyed a short visit with them.
Wake Island FAA Church, North Pacific Ocean, July 1970
At one time, the FAA had complete “jurisdiction” of Wake Island. The agency operated ALL facilities on the island, including not only the airport and related ATC and fueling operation… but also a cafeteria and lodging facility.
Cooking Hot Dogs at Kenora, Ontario, Canada (YQK)
This photo was actually part of a Christmas card that was received at Princeton AFSS from our “neighbor” AFS sector in Kenora, Canada. Note the “hot dogs” being “heated” on the end of the stick. The Christmas greeting included a comment that it was noted the sector employees had noted a diminished birth rate in recent years!