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NORTHWEST HISTORIAN HEARD ON SEATTLE'S MORNING NEWS

Feliks Banel

Wooden base of an old Airway Beacon Tower on Easton Ridge. (Courtesy Brian Dirks) The old piece of lumber which caught Brian Dirks' eye on Easton Ridge. (Courtesy Brian Dirks) The Airway Beacon Tower on Easton Ridge as it appeared in 1935. (Courtesy Frederick Krueger Collection, Central Washington University Archives and Special Collections) Detail from a 1939 aeronautical chart shows several of the beacons along the Seattle to Helena route through Snoqualmie Pass. (Courtesy Museum of Flight) Legend from 1939 aeronautical chart shows the variety of beacons in use. (Courtesy Museum of Flight) US Commerce Department sketch shows a beacon installation similar to that which likely stood on Easton Ridge. (Courtesy Lee Corbin) Detailed diagram showing a Airway Beacon Tower similar to that which stood on Easton Ridge. (Courtesy Brian Dirks)
AOTM Air beacon