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A Lighthouse For Aircraft

April 29, 2014aircraft, lens, lighthouse, litehouseAutomation, Construction, Equipment, Europe, Foreign, France, History, Information, Lighthouses, Night Time, Tourism, Travel, VisitorsretlkprLeave a Comment

What a beautiful lens! What a unique story. On Facebook the United States Lighthouse Society page shared a photo of the Brittany (Bretagne), France St. Mathieu lighthouse lens. It was borrowed from the Bretagne Phare St-Mathieu Facebook page. In French the page says: La saison démarre bien, j’ai déjà accueillit beaucoup de monde. Et qui dit nouvelle saison , […]

What Plane Is That?

November 25, 2011aircraft, airplanes, BC, British Columbia, day, lighthouse, litehouse, night, overhead, trackingAdvertisement, Communication, Equipment, Information, Lighthouses, Maps, On The Job, PlanesretlkprLeave a Comment

Back on November 21st of this year I wrote What Ship Is That? to show people how to find out the location of their favourite ship as seen from a lighthouse, a home overlooking the water, or a sightseer on a hilltop. I would have loved to have had something like that on the lighthouses when I […]

Do You Remember This Aircraft?

August 29, 2011aircraft, Beaver, holidays, lighthouse, litehouse, seaplane, transportation, travel, vacationBritish Columbia, Canada, History, Lighthouses, Planes, Transportation, VideosretlkprLeave a Comment

A friend sent me this Youtube link about the Dehavilland Beaver in an email and it brought back lots of memories of the British Columbia coast. This is the “Beaver Ballad” performed by the Fretless Bar Girls. What does a seaplane have to do with lighthouses? In the days before helicopters many of these DeHavilland […]