Well, it’s a question I can ask Bill when he gets back from up north in the cool country around Jackson Hole. He’s my resident historian for all things aviation. He’s the old TWA pilot. Maybe he knows some old geezer (sorry, Larry) that knew how they operated the coal oil lighting system on those things. It may be just as simple as Joe said. Someone tended it as one would a light house. They lit the lanterns every night and made sure the oil was sufficient to get them through until morning. The “good ol’ days”, right Larry? Dave On Aug 29, 2013, at 9:11 AM, Dave Gary <davegary@me.com> wrote:
Joe,
Yeah, I guess these guys down here were a little more primitive and didn’t have the electrical hookup. They used coal oil lighting. I wonder how they had that set up? Did they run the lantern 24/7? If not, who went up and lit it every night? Did they have a gravity-feed system from a large barrel of coal oil, so they didn’t have to worry about the unit running out of fuel in a few hours or days? Enquiring minds want to know. Of course, not enough to dig for the answer. I’ve only seen coal oil being used on old “Gunsmoke” episodes.
Dave On Aug 28, 2013, at 8:44 PM, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote:
Nice pics, Dave. I really like the info on the plaque too. -- Joe
------------------------------ On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 7:14 PM MDT Dave Gary wrote:
Here’s that navigation arrow near my house in St. George. Drove up to it in a couple of minutes and took these photos. This one has a monument. http://www.flickr.com/photos/78046474@N06/sets/72157635281617142/
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