The Rawley Point Lighthouse was staffed until 1979, when the station became fully automated. The rotating white beacon light, ...

One of the old rotating beacons on the ground at South ... day in VFR conditions when maintenance has been performed on the light and the technicians need to test it. Fun fact: Before pilots ...

LUIS SANTANA | Times ] But Clearwater is unlike most other public general aviation airports in that it doesn’t have a rotating beacon, a common feature that serves as a kind of lighthouse for ...

And lighthouse-keeping was a lot of hard work. The sisters kept a flame beneath the lens lit all night, constantly wiping soot off the windows to keep the beacon visible, and winding up heavy weights ...

The rotating beacon is similar to a small lighthouse, but in this case, one side shines a white light while the other shines a green light. That color combination helps pilots identify it as a ...

The $110,000 in grant funds will be used toward the construction of a rotating beacon, which helps a pilot to locate an airport during nighttime and in low visibility conditions. FDOT will pay for ...