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2 unusual facts about Arcata-Eureka Airport


Arcata-Eureka Airport

In December 1947 a Southwest Airways Douglas DC-3 flying into the airport made the world's first blind landing by a scheduled commercial airliner using Ground-Controlled Approach (GCA) radar, Instrument Landing System (ILS) and Fog Investigation and Dispersal Operation (FIDO) oil-burning units adjacent to the runway.

Eureka Airport

Arcata-Eureka Airport, a commercial airport serving Arcata & Eureka, California, United States


Bob L. Beers

Originally from Eureka, California, Beers attended Arcata High School and Humboldt State College.

Liberty Tree Foundation for the Democratic Revolution

Panelists described the lessons of experiments in local democracy conducted in Montevideo, Uruguay, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Manchester, England, San Francisco, California, Arcata, California, rural Pennsylvania, Hartford, Connecticut, and Madison, Wisconsin.

Ruth Reservoir

The reservoir was not designed for flood control storage, but limited December, 1964, flooding to 51 percent of 1955 flow at Forest Glen (on California State Route 36) and 90 percent of the 1955 flood flow at Arcata.

Tim McKay

Timothy J. McKay (March 19, 1947 - July 30, 2006) was an environmentalist and executive director of the non-profit Northcoast Environmental Centerin Arcata, California.

Type 92 Battalion Gun

Another gun displayed in front of the Veterans Hall in Arcata, California has serial number 136 and was made at the Osaka Infantry Armory.


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