April 17, 1926
The mayor of Los Angeles sent an oversized letter to the mayor of New York City proudly stating it would cross the country in just 30 hours. This was only possible without the new lighted airway system. Once the new lighted airway was in place, that same letter that used to take 83 hours took just 33 hours to get from New York to San Francisco.
Medicine Bow National Register
A 203 page document requesting Medicine Bow Airport and surrounding structures be preserved as an historical landmark by the United States Department of Interior National Park Service.
This searchable file contains the initial application and 180 pages of historical supporting documents from 1929 to 1941.
Anchorage Regional Headquarters Building, date unknown
632 6th Avenue
Anchorage, Alaska
Submitted by Charles Blankenship
Knoxville FSS (TYS), Tennessee, 1988
Ernie Pyle (L) receiving his retirement plaque from, Facility Manager, Charles Blankenship
Submitted by Charles Blankenship
DuBois Radio (DUJ), Pennsylvania (date unknown)
Names unknown
Submitted by Charles Blankenship
Montgomery FSS, Alabama Employees, 1970
Names L-R: Cecil Strickland (Supervisor), Charles Blankenship, Unknown, Helen Shope, Ned Scruggs (back row), Chester ? (tallest person), Grady Denson (Supervisor-2nd row), Don Macomber (Supervisor-front row), Hillary McMillan (back row), Merle Hagler (finished her career at ZME ARTCC), Lewis Grimes (became Manager years later), Ben Hardin (far right).
Future Site for Gainesville AFSS (GNV), Florida, date unknown
Submitted by Charles Blankenship
Gainesville FSS, Florida Building (date unknown)
Seattle-Tacoma Airport Dedication Ceremony, July 9, 1949
Submitted by Lane Floyd
Pershing County, Nevada Radio Beacon Site, December 2020
This site is located at 40°13’13.76″N 117°30’33.77″W, near the Buffalo Valley/Dixie Valley Road.