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Air Traffic Monitoring => Listener Forum => Topic started by: Jonathan_tcu on September 18, 2005, 07:26:31 PM
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I've been on a journey today. I wondered where the Sandy Falls beacon here in Timmins is located. Sure enough, I headed out on the city's far west end, southwest of the airport about 5 nm, passed by a medium sized yard with a 50 foot tower and a fence with a NavCanada board on it saying NDB T 405 So, I can't believe I actually found the Sandy Falls beacon identifier ZTS which helps guide aircraft for the straight-in Rwy 03 approach via the RIDIK fix when descending to the non-radar environment. I've got some pictures too.
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Wait'll you see your local VOR. You'll definitely want to take pictures of that.
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I agree. the VORs are interesting. Luckily, LAS is at the field, so I didn't have troube finding that one. BLD is up on Black Mountain in Henderson, NV, which you basically have to be a TV newscaster to get to it!
In the drive from Vegas to Sacramento, I found and snapped pics of BTY, TPH, OAL, MVA (all on the World's Loneliest Highway (US-95), FMG, and SWR (on I-80). I found it funny that I was caring more about what sector of US airspace I was driving through than making sure I was on the right road! :P On the trip up, I had entered ZLC from BTY to TPH, then in 6 miles, entered ZOA at OAL!
I would find the NDBs over here, but they pulled them all out of service here, or at least the approaches. METRE is gone, for sure.
BL.
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I thought 50 was the lonliest? Any who, people on black mountain get mad when your on that mountain, its preetty though.
I MISS VEGAS!!!!!!!! :(
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Not sure where ours is, somewhere in the mountains, but I can pick it up with a regular AM radio at about 531Khz.