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68 D-L Hickory Flats

GPS: 36.666693, -86.395495

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Photos contributed by Nick Gerlick on July 21, 2019

Location / Airway

Location / Name

KENTUCKY:  Wilson County

68 D-L Hickory Flats, beacon station site No. 68 on the Dallas-Louisville Airway

GPS: 36.666693, -86.395495

Air Mail (A.M. Route #)

December 31, 1931

A.M. #20 (A.M. #16 Consolidated with A.M. #20 effective June 1, 1931)
New York, N.Y., via Albany, Schenectady, Utica, Rome, Syracuse, Rochester and Buffalo, N. Y.; Cleveland, Akron, Columbus, Dayton and Cincinnati, Ohio; Louisville, Ky.; Nashville and Memphis, Tenn.; Little Rock, Ark.; Texarkana, Ark., Tex., and Dallas, Tex., to Fort Worth, Tex., and return.
American Airways Inc.

September 1, 1932

A.M. #20 New York-Ft. Worth
Dallas to Louisville Airway
Nashville to Louisville Section
American Airways Inc.

1933

A.M. #20 New York-Cleveland-Ft. Worth
New York to Fort Worth, Tex ., via Albany, Buffalo, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Memphis, Little Rock and Dallas
American Airways In.

February 19, 1934

All domestic air mail contracts were canceled, effective at midnight, February 19, 1934. From that date the air mail was carried by the Army Air Corps up to the time service was resumed by private operators under temporary contracts. Service was suspended during the
period of March 12 to March 18 (inclusive), 1934.
Army Air Corps

June 10, 1934

A.M. #23 Newark, N. J, to Fort Worth, Texas.,
Nashville-Ft. Worth (To American Airlines, Inc)

July 1, 1934

A.M. #23 Newark, N. J, to Fort Worth, Texas.
Nashville-Newark (To American Airlines, Inc)

January 1, 1935

A. M. #23 Newark, N. J, to Fort Worth, Texas.
American Airlines Inc.

1936

Civil Airway No. 26, Dallas-Louisville
Dallas, Texas, Love Field, Municipal Airport; via Texarkana, Ark., Municipal Airport; Little Rock, Ark., Municipal Airport; Memphis, Tenn., Municipal Airport; Nashville, Tenn., Municipal Airport; to Louisville, Ky., Bowman Field.
American Airlines Inc.

Operator

American Airways Inc. 1931-1934
American Airlines Inc. 1934

 

Observations and Notes

July 21, 2019 Nick Gerlick writes:

Of all the arrows I have visited (this is #43), today's arrow in southern Kentucky (ESE of Franklin at 36.666693, -86.395495) was challenging in that it was nearly completely obscured by overgowth and sediment. Only the last four inches of the point were visible. Visiting requires about a 10-minute walk across a large grassy field. After 15 minutes of using hands and feet, I managed to clear enough to make it worth a photo.

 

Links

National Geodetic Survey Data Sheet GC2101

 

1932 Air Corps Map No. 48; Louisville, KY to Nashville, TN; (Experimental)
Compiled and printed by the Information Division, Office Chief of Air Corps, at the Engineer Reproduction Plant, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C. 

Portion of 1932 Air Corps Map No. 48; Louisville, KY to Nashville, TN; (Experimental)

1934 Air Corps Map No. 49; Nashville, Tenn. to Birmingham, Ala.; (Experimental)
Compiled and printed by the Information Division, Office Chief of Air Corps, at the Engineer Reproduction Plant, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C. 

1935 Nashville Sectional Aeronautical Chart
Compiled and printed for the Bureau of Air Commerce of the Department of Commerce by the Coast and Geodetic Survey Washington, D.C. 

Portion of 1935 Nashville Sectional Aeronautical Chart

 

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