Salt Lake City FSS (SLC), Utah, 1985
Wendover FSS (ENV), Utah, about 1932
Located in the far western desert, Wendover had been an airways installation since the 1920’s and was commissioned in 1932 as a radio beacon and flight services station.
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Wendover FSS Employees: A. A. Anderson, J.F Cobb, Joseph H. Tippets, Ray Tucker, and John Renfroe
Blackstone FSS (BKT), Virginia, 1963
Thomas D. Raymond making a a weather broadcast.
Blackstone was located at the Blackstone Army Airfield (AAF) which served nearby Camp Pickett and Camp A.P. Hill. The summer months saw Blackstone FSS serving the 28th Division, Pennsylvania National Guard; the 83rd Reserve Division from Ohio; the 29th Division, Virginia-Maryland National Guard; the 104th Armored Calvary Regiment from Pennsylvania; the 150th Armored Calvary Regiment of the West Virginia National Guard, and several other units.
Leesburg AFSS (DCA), Virginia, October 1999
Salt Lake City FSS (SLC), Utah, date unknown
Teletypes for Service A, C, and O communications
Salt Lake City FSS (SLC), Utah, date unknown
Watch Supervisor’s desk
Salt Lake City FSS (SLC), Utah, August, 1979
Tom Black, SLC FSS Area Supervisor, during demolition of the old FSS in August of 1979. This building also housed the former Salt Lake ARTCC (Enroute Center).
Address:
FAA Flight Service Station
337 North 2370 West. Room 225
Salt Lake City, UT 84116
Salt Lake City FSS (SLC), Utah, 1979
The new Salt Lake City FSS under construction in 1979
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The newly constructed Executive Terminal building and Salt Lake City FSS in 1979. This building was located on the general aviation side, east ramp, of Salt Lake City International Airport.
Salt Lake City Air Mail Radio Station (SLC), Utah, 1920
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Salt Lake City Air Mail Radio Station (KSWH-KGO), Utah, October 1920
Former employees stationed at Salt Lake City Radio:
Art Johnson
Phil Coupland
Dan Cordano
J. Petrison
Ralp Baker
William C. Hill,
Art Fielder
Ray Tripp
Salt Lake City Air Mail Radio Station (SLC), Utah, March 1925
Famed 2KW arc transmitter at Salt Lake City, Utah, is the type used in the earliest FSSs. The handle at the top is the wave length selector. Cylindrical object at left is the water cooled arc chamber. “CW” key or “bug” can be seen immediately in front of the receiver