A rotating beacon is a white and green rotating light that helps pilots see for miles away. Board members said they do not know what caused the deadly crash that killed a pilot and two people in a ...

One of the old rotating beacons on the ground at South Lewis County Airport (KTDO) in Toledo, Washington. [Courtesy: Meg Godlewski] Question: I just attended an aviation event that spanned a weekend.

A ROTATING loop type of radio beacon was developed in Great Britain several years ago, and two stations employing this arrangement are still in use in connexion with aerial and marine navigation.

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 height is a skyscraping hat tip to the nation’s founding, but the real symbol of New York’s resilience sits atop the building’s 408-foot spire—a rotating white beacon composed of 264 ...