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Concrete Airway Arrow at Bethany , CT Airport as viewed from above . Photo by AUX Peter Jensen
Auxiliary Air Program member Peter Jensen from New Canaan , Connecticut took up the challenge to search for a concrete arrow near the former Bethany airport 50-miles from his home on August 17th . Three passions of Jensen are history , photography , and aviation . This hunt gave him the opportunity to exercise all three ! He flew his Cessna 150 airplane to the area where he located the arrow and photographed it from the air . When asked what he enjoyed about his expedition , Jensen explained , “ The research .... the launch , the aerial search ... culminating in the find and its photography . Contributing in a small , but meaningful way to the nationwide endeavor of documenting a forgotten aspect of early American aviation .”
An avid sportsman and former Boy Scout , Auxiliarist Robert “ Jeff ” Kuhn had a more physically challenging trek to the remnants of a concrete arrow in Michaux State Forrest near Gettysburg , Pennsylvania on the morning of August 31st . Located on top of a mountain Jeff had to hike nearly a mile up a considerable incline through roadless secondary growth of mixed oak and white pine trees . Jeff took detailed coordinates with measurements and reported that the arrow was , “… variably broken up especially towards the head of the arrow . The concrete is mostly covered by moss and a layer of decomposing pine needles and oak leaves .”
Jeff Kuhn in the foreground of the remnants of a concrete arrow in Michaux State Forrest near Gettysburg , PA .
Photo by AUX Jeff Kuhn
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