Submitted by Roger C. Bodtke
Chadron FSS (CDR), Nebraska, 1986
Roger Bodtke, the last Chadron FSS air traffic manager, sitting at the Inflight radio console.
Chadron FSS (CDR), Nebraska, July 1969
Looking north. The FSS facility is located on the opposite side (north end) of the hanger. The array of radio antennas belonged to the Chadron FSS.
Looking north on a breezy day. Weather observation instruments can be seen to the right of the flagpole
Entrance to the FSS facility. Al Verge can bee seen standing in the doorway
Radio console at the Inflight position
Operations area. Tops of the teletypes can be seen in the lower half of the photo.
Pilot weather briefing area
Teletypes can be seen in the foreground of the operations area
Miles City FSS (MLS), Montana, 1977
ATCS Jim Anez sitting at teletype in Miles City FSS October 1977. Teletype Line Switching Unit (TLSU) is partially visible at left of picture
ATCS is Bob Jantzen (retired) standing at Directional Finder (DF) in Miles City FSS, Montana, October 1977. Inflight console is located to his right.
TCS is Jim Anez sitting at Inflight console, Miles City FSS, Montana, October 1977. Weather maps are displayed above windows beyond the console
Courtesy of Society of Airway Pioneers
Courtesy of Society of Airway Pioneers
Mullan Pass Interstate Airway Communication Stations (INSAC), Montana, 1946
Summer vs. winter photos
Billings FSS (BIL), Montana, about 1883
Photos submitted by Kay Roam
Kay Roam, Airways Facility Technician, testing communications equipment
Billings FSS Pilot Weather Briefing display
The Billings FSS is located on the 2nd floor of this terminal building in the rear where the ramp is located
Billings FSS Inflight position
Submitted by Kay Roam
Billings FSS (BIL), Montana about 1883
Billings FSS Pilot Weather Briefing display
Great Falls AFSS (GTF), Montana, November 2002
The facility was decommissioned May 7, 2007.
St. Louis Airway Radio Station (KCQ), Missouri, July 1929
Former employees stationed at St. Louis Radio:
Thomas C. Gale
E.E. Nichols
Claude M. Smith
R.S. Allen
Edwin Plagge
F. Robinson
M.E. Walton
M.F. O’Brien
E.E. Frain
St. Louis Radio Station (STL), Missouri, 1930
St. Louis Airway Radio Station during the late 1920s or early ’30s. Barely visible in the photo is the wire strung between the tops of its twin antenna towers. During this era, some stations were making hourly weather broadcasts. When needed for safety, they also accepted messages from the airlines and transmitted them to pilots aloft
St. Louis Flight Service Employees (STL), Chesterfield, Missouri, 1991
The facility was decommissioned July 16, 2007.
Larry Mathers at the Flight Data position.
Walt Thurman at the NOTAM desk.
Clay Gerdine at the Inflight position.
Eileen Kassler at the Preflight position