Submitted by Bill Puka
Bill Puka at the Inflight Position, 1990
Submitted by Scott Morrison
The old Bangor AFSS, Maine Building in 2019
FSS Flight Planning Improvement
A faster, more accurate flight planning program was tested in the early ’70s at the FAA’s National Aviation Facilities Experimental Center (NAFEC) in New Jersey.
Historical summary and photo submitted by Mel Duncan of Wyoming
A concrete arrow is all that remains of the old Section 33 beacon site. This site is located about 3/4 mile north of McIntyre’s, WY. Elevation 7,528 feet, coordinates 41° 13″ 34″ N, 105° 14′ 36″ W.
Submitted by Mel Duncan of Wyoming
Submitted by Mel Duncan of Wyoming
Some old parts found at the site
Submitted by Mel Duncan of Wyoming
Submitted by Mel Duncan of Wyoming
Submitted by Mel Duncan of Wyoming
St. Louis Airways Radio Station -Department of Commerce Airways Division, Lighthouse Service (about 1929)
Green Bay AFSS Building, Wisconsin, 1983
The caption on the photo reads:
First location of GRB FSS. Second floor of the old Terminal Building 1949 – 1965
Green Bay AFSS Building, Wisconsin (date unknown)
Photo taken during the employees spring facility reunion
Submitted by Jimmie Haralson
Tucson FSS (TUS), Arizona 1972
Receiving the National Facility of the Year (Flight Service Station) for 1972
L – R: Ray Belanger ATS-1, Jimmie Haralson SATCS, Hedeo Taniguchi ATCS, Fred Kelly SATCS, Lynn Hink AWE-500, Ken Secrist Chief, Rita Bradshaw Secretary, Luis Palacio ATCS, Tom Ratcliffe ATCS, Eugene Murray ATCS.
Other FSS personnel not in the picture include Wes Owens SATCS, Dean DeYoung ATCS, James Gould ATCS, John Hays ATCS, William Pitzer ATCS, Jesse Shern Jr ATCS, Carmen Simbari ATCS, Arthur West ATCS, Warren Wirges ATCS.
Submitted by Jimmie Haralson
Los Angeles, California 1973
Jimmie Haralson, Tucson FSS SATCS, (right), receiving the 1972 Western Region Flight Service Station Facility of the Year award from Arvin O. Basnight, Western Region FAA Administrator, AWE-1. The presentation was made onboard a US Coast Guard cutter in Los Angeles harbor.
Philadelphia (PHL), Pennsylvania, 1918
Mail being transferred in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to a New York bound plane.