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12 SL-GF Pauline DOCILF

GPS: 42.553079, -112.556119

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IDAHO: Power County

12 SL-GF Pauline DOCILF, site No. 12, Department of Commerce Intermediate Landing Field, on the Salt Lake to Great Falls airway

GPS: 42.553079, -112.556119
This gps co-ordinate is for the beacon location on the Department of Commerce landing field where there used to be a directional arrow. There is another beacon 26_12B SL-GF Pauline a short distance from the landing field at: 42.546855, -112.571982   Both beacons are long gone.

Contract Air Mail

C.A.M. #26 Salt Lake City-Great Falls
Salt Lake-Great Falls airway
Salt Lake-Pocatello Section

Operator

Contract made 30th day of December 1927 to Alfred Frank
Sub-contract made 6th day of April 1928 between Alfred Frank and National Parks Airways (Inc.)


Links

Portion of 1938 Pauline Quadrangle Map

 

Airway Bulletin  No. 2, page 41, September 1, 1931           

Pauline, Idaho page 41.—Department of Commerce intermediate field, site 12, Salt Lake-Great Falls Airway. One and one-half miles SW. of city, about 5 ½ miles SW. of Crystal Lake, and about 20 miles SW. of Pocatello. Altitude 5,000 feet. Irregular, 55 acres, 2,450 feet N/S, and 1,870 feet NE./SW.; sod, level, natural drainage. Directional arrow marked "12 SL-GF." Beacon tower in NE. corner, pole line on E., church in SE. corner. Beacon, boundary, approach, and obstruction lights. Beacon, electric code, clear, flashing characteristic "2" (.._). Aviation fuel day and night.                

Airway Bulletin  No. 2, page 45, September 1, 1932           

Pauline.—Department of Commerce intermediate field, site 12, Salt Lake-Great Falls Airway. One and one-half miles SW. of city, about 5½ miles SW. of Crystal Lake, and about 20 miles SW. of Pocatello. Altitude, 5,000 feet. Irregular, 55 acres, 2,450 feet N./S., and 1,870 feet NB./SW.; sod, level, natural drainage. Directional arrow marked "12 SL-GF." Beacon tower in MK. corner, pole line on E., church in SE. corner. Beacon, boundary, approach, and obstruction lights. Beacon, electric code, clear, flashing characteristic "2" (. . —). Aviation fuel, day and night.                

Air Commerce Bulletin Vol. 4, No. 24, page 630 June 15, 1933

Salt Lake-Great Falls airway.

Salt Lake-Pocatello section. Pauline, Idaho (site no. 12): The lighted intermediate landing field 1 ½ miles southwest of Pauline has been discontinued. This field is shown on the strip map for the Salt Lake City-Pocatello section of this airway published on page 48 of Airway Bulletin No. I (Airway Bulletin No. 2, p. 45).

Airway Bulletin  No. 2, page 50, September 1, 1934           

Pauline.—Department of Commerce intermediate field, site 12. Salt Lake-Great Falls Airway. One and one-half miles SE. of city, about 5½ miles SW of Crystal Lake, and about 20 miles SW. of Pocatello. Altitude, 5,000 feet. Irregular, 2.450 feet N./S. and 1,870 feet NB./SW.; sod, level, natural drainage. Shed marked "12 SL-GF." Beacon tower in NE. corner, pole line on E., church In SE. corner; buildings to N. Beacon, boundary, approach, and obstruction lights. Beacon, 24-inch rotating, green. Aviation fuel, day and night.      

Airway Bulletin  No. 2, page 56, January 1, 1937

Pauline.—Department of Commerce intermediate field, site 12, Salt Lake-Great Falls Airway. One and one-half miles SW. of city, about 5½ miles SW. of Crystal Lake, about 20 miles SW. of Pocatello. Lat. 41°35'; long. 112°33'. Alt. 5,040 feet, irregular, sod, level, natural drainage; two landing strips, 2,450 feet N./S., 1,870 feet NE./SW. Shed roof marked "12 SL-GF." Pole line on E.. buildings to N. Boundary, approach, and obstruction lights. Beacon, 24-inch rotating, with green course lights flashing characteristics "2" (. . ), ½ mile W. of S. boundary. No servicing.                

Airway Bulletin  No. 2, page 57, January 1, 1938 

Pauline.—Department of Commerce intermediate field, site 12, Salt Lake-Great Falls Airway. One and one-half miles SW. of city, about 5½ miles SW. of Crystal Lake, about 20 miles SW. of Pocatello. Lat. 42°35'; long. 112°33'. Alt 5,050 feet. Irregular, sod, level, natural drainage; two landing strips, 2,450 feet N./S., 1,870 feet NE./SW. Shed roof marked "12 SL-GF." Pole line on E., buildings to N. Boundary, approach, and obstruction lights. Beacon, 24-inch rotating, with green course lights flashing characteristic "2" (. . ), ½ mile W. of S. boundary. No servicing.

National Geodetic Survey Data Sheet PID NU0621

Station Description Described by US Geological Survey 1969
0.8 mi s from Pauline. 0.8 mile south along State Highway 38 from the store at Pauline, Power County, at the northeast corner of the landing field, about 25 feet southeast of the beacon tower, 25 feet west of the center line of the highway, 8 feet north of a pole, and in line with the right of-way fence. A United States Geological Survey standard copper nail and washer, set in the top of an iron pipe.
Note- no air beacon tower or right away fence left. The area is a plowed field also no airstrip.

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