SYDNEY AIR BEACON.
HELP FOR NIGHT FLIERS
(United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) (Australian Press Association.)
SYDNEY, Jan. 29. A proposal to erect an' air beacon 230 feet above the street level has been made to the civil aviation authorities by the. owners of the new State theatre, opposite the Farmers’ Emporium, Sydney. The object is to assist night Hying, as advocated by’ Kingsford-Smith.
The State theatre is 150 feet high and contains above the theatre a vast shopping block almost completed. An air beacon erected, on the top would be .visible for 20 miles at night. It would cost £IOOO. Authority to erect the beacon is now awaited.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 31 January 1929, Page 6
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109SYDNEY AIR BEACON. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 31 January 1929, Page 6
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