Mechanix Illustrated
Issue: Aug, 1949
Posted in: Aviation
Posted: 09/13/2011
3 Comments

Unique Road Sign (Aug, 1949)

Unique Road Sign is probably a forerunner of many other similar ones to come. Here, it keeps -the road clear as a Navy transport helicopter comes in for a landing at the Piasecki Heliport at. Morton, Pa.

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3 comments
  1. Mike says: September 13, 20119:00 am

    Is that on a hill? Are those trees and bushes close or just the way the photo looks?

  2. Hirudinea says: September 13, 20111:58 pm

    Yea, you gotta be careful when they poop!

  3. Sean says: September 14, 20114:36 am

    Morton PA: Where the (flying) bananas eat you!

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