Airplanes are more than just a way to get from one place to another quickly—they are historical artifacts! To keep those planes flying high and on the right route, lighted airway beacons and radio ...

BUTTE, Mont. — Two airway beacons, which served as a guide for pilots nearly 100 years ago in southwest Montana, are headed for the National Register of Historic Places. The Homestake and Silver Bow ...

HELENA, Mont. – After announcing it would be shuttering all but three historic aviation beacons in the state due to funding, the Montana Department of Transportation’s division of Aeronautics is now ...

The dusty landscape of the American West is dotted with enormous concrete arrows. They look like cryptic messages from a primitive civilization — a civilization that was obsessed with westward ...

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana officials have decided to decommission all but one of the state’s old airway beacons that pilots used to rely on to find their way at night. More than 1,500 airway beacons ...

Citing maintenance costs and practicality, the Montana Department of Transportation announced late Thursday that it will decommission all but one of the state’s historic airway beacons. Starting in ...