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New airport homer planned for Beaver Island, 1970

Also Beaver Island Airport homer installation, 1970

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TypeEvent
Date1970-05
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Event
Date
1970-05
Kind
Construction
Where
Beaver Island Airport
Carried out by
Beaver Island Airport Commission
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
transportationconstructioncommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The April 1970 Beaver Beacon announced that a new homer would be installed at Beaver Island Airport in May.

Evidence and limits

The OCR truncates the sentence after “new fre-”; this record preserves the installation announcement without reconstructing the missing technical detail.

Sources

  1. Announces that a new homer would be installed at the airport the following month; the OCR truncates the remainder of the sentence.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1970-04_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published airport notice, while the scan should be consulted for the truncated wording.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1970-04_Beaver-Beacon

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “New airport homer planned for Beaver Island, 1970”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-airport-homer-installation-1970/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1970, “Airport Homer.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

Last revised 2026-08-06. Fill in [date] with the date you read it — this page is static and cannot know that.

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