Arnold
Cleared for Takeoff
For some reasons I've been researching the "old days" before Flight Service Modernization, GPS and widespread radar coverage.
Weather briefings were by telephone or in person at facilities known as Flight Service Stations (FSS).
This is one example of what an FSS (one I used) looked like for briefings.
KPRC - 1983.
Credit: http://www.atchistory.org/facility-photos/?state=Arizona&city=Prescott
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In this photo notice the concern on the specialists face (KPNE FSS) as he gives a disoriented pilot a DF steer:
Credit: http://www.atchistory.org/facility-photos/?state=Pennsylvania&city=Philadelphia
Weather briefings were by telephone or in person at facilities known as Flight Service Stations (FSS).
This is one example of what an FSS (one I used) looked like for briefings.
KPRC - 1983.
Credit: http://www.atchistory.org/facility-photos/?state=Arizona&city=Prescott
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In this photo notice the concern on the specialists face (KPNE FSS) as he gives a disoriented pilot a DF steer:
Credit: http://www.atchistory.org/facility-photos/?state=Pennsylvania&city=Philadelphia
