Western New Mexico Aviation Heritage Museum

The Western New Mexico Aviation Heritage Museum is a small aviation museum located at the Grants-Milan airport (KGNT) in Grants, New Mexico. It was dedicated on June 9, 2012[1]

Western New Mexico Aviation Heritage Museum
Location within New Mexico
Established2012[1]
Coordinates35.166513°N 107.898221°W / 35.166513; -107.898221
Websitewww.cibolahistory.org/airway-heritage-museum.html

It commemorates the Los Angeles to Amarillo segment of the Transcontinental Air Transport, an early air mail provider. It consists of a lighted tower, a small building with a generator, and a concrete arrow which helped aviators find the correct direction to continue in.[2]

References

  1. Boyett, Rosanne (12 June 2012). "More than eight decades of history". Cibola County Beacon. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  2. "What are these Giant Concrete Arrows across the American Landscape". 18 July 2013. core 77. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
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