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Dear fellow pilots, here's a real long shot. Does anyone have a father or grandfather who flew F-106s at 318th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, McChord AFB, Washington, in the 1970s? and would be willing to share some memories? Many thanks.

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Many thanks, I think @luvflyin has got them.

Thanks a million. I think today's smartphones make good photographers of all of us. Yes, I had heard of the Victor 23 brewery and they get a brief mention in my book. Happy to attribute both @EdFred and yourself.

Many thanks but yes, BTG is central to my narrative.

Here's a request for you flyers in the Vancouver, WA, or Battle Ground, WA, areas. Attached is a photo of the Battle Ground (BTG) VORTAC at 7799 NE 174th St, Vancouver, WA 98662. Could anyone provide a photo from a similar perspective (or slightly closer) with permission to use it, with...

Many thanks. I posted the same enquiry on www.stuckmic.com.

Many thanks. I have submitted a FOIA request. I thought of calling Seattle Center but I'm in England with an 8-hour time difference. By chance does anyone have an email address for Seattle Center? (It's not on the FAA website.)

Let's say: Flight 305.:)

Here's a question for any pilots who interact with Seattle ARTCC (ZSE) or Oakland ARTCC (ZOA). Attached are maps of the low-altitude sector boundaries of ZSE as of July 14, 1999 (by courtesy of Willamette Aviation) and of ZOA as of March 10, 1988 (by courtesy of the FAA). Does anyone know where...

I'm writing a book on an incident which occurred in 1971. For this purpose it was important to know the width of Victor airways at that time.

Further to a FOIA request to the FAA, I received the answer, as follows: "The final rule was published on July 7, 1964. Section 71.5 established the width of 4 miles either side of centerline. Section 71.19 adopts nautical miles as the measurement. Both sections are on page 8472 of the...

Many thanks. For my purposes, I think the Advisory Circular of 08.18.1969 is sufficient. I am investigating an incident that occurred in 1971 and I wanted to establish the width of Victor airways that prevailed at that time. It seems reasonable to assume that the width did not change between...

I think I narrowed down the date of the change from 10sm to 8nm width, to the period between 06.28.1962 and 08.18.1969. By the latter date the 8nm width was in place (as per attached file, page 23, paragraph 2).

The 8260.3B CHG 26 document in the DOT Library has those same diagrams on Page 264 (attached) but the date in the top left corner is 02/24/2014. Does your copy have a 1976 date in that corner? If so could you kindly post the whole page? Many thanks

That's the update I'm looking for. Any way I can find the source document?

Department of Transportation library website (needs registration). https://dotlibrary.specialcollection.net/Login

To return to the original topic: FAA draft release of June 28, 1962 states: "“Low Altitude VOR Federal Airways [No change in present sections contemplated, except renumbering] … Unless otherwise provided in Subpart B or C of this part, each Low Altitude Federal airway includes the navigable...

On the other hand the FAA Historical Chronology goes on to say: "Jul 1, 1952: All CAA facilities and services were scheduled to begin using knots and nautical miles on this date, establishing a single military-civilian standard measurement for speed and distance used in air navigation. The...

The FAA Historical Chronology 1926-1996 states "Jun 1, 1952: Forty-five thousand miles of very-high-frequency (omnirange) airways, referred to as "Victor" airways, were put in operation. Like the then existing 70,000 miles of Federally maintained low-frequency airways, the "Victor" routes were...