"Home of a Naval Aviator" signs going up all over Coronado

[Catmando]

Good for Coronado! (But they might run out of signs)

From a UT article:

"To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Navy flying this year, the city’s historical society began researching how many aviators have lived in the town where it all began."


"At least 500 “Home of a Naval Aviator” signs are expected to go up in Coronado front yards over the next few weeks. Boy Scouts planted the first ones last weekend.
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[wlawr005]

Is there any significance to the the 169/194?

 

[Catmando]

Is there any significance to the the 169/194?

Good question.

My guess is that over the years, there might have been 25 different aviators that lived there. But I really don't know. Will check.

 

[Flugelman]

Wouldn't it be great if they brought the "Nickel Snatcher" back for the Centennial. Ride over sober, on the way back, not so much... Good times.

 

[Catmando]

Wouldn't it be great if they brought the "Nickel Snatcher" back for the Centennial. Ride over sober, on the way back, not so much... Good times.

Never rode the Nickel Snathcher. Missed it by a year or less. But I heard all the great stories!

A little known part of Naval Aviation history.

 

[nittany03]

The fact that NASNI has not yet been closed is proof that God loves Naval Aviators and wants them to be happy and enjoy their per diem.

Course rules notwithstanding.

 

[PerDiem]

Is there any significance to the the 169/194?

I'm thinking it's the number corresponding to the aviators who lived there; i.e. aviators number 169 & 194.

 

[phrogdriver]

That's got to be a pretty old house, then!

 

[BACONATOR]

The fact that NASNI has not yet been closed is proof that God loves Naval Aviators and wants them to be happy and enjoy their per diem.

Course rules notwithstanding.

Course Rules? Fly helos! We don't need no stinking course rules!

 

[HAL Pilot]

Course Rules? Fly helos! We don't need no stinking course rules!

Yeah...it's a consolation prize for you...

 

[Gatordev]

Course Rules? Fly helos! We don't need no stinking course rules!

Until you get reported by one of the retired Navy people in said houses for failure to abide by noise abatement procedures over Coronado.

 

[BACONATOR]

Yeah...it's a consolation prize for you...

What? No course rules is a consolation prize? Ok....

Until you get reported by one of the retired Navy people in said houses for failure to abide by noise abatement procedures over Coronado.

Well not flying over the Cays hardly constitutes a complex set of course rules.

 

[Catmando]

I'm thinking it's the number corresponding to the aviators who lived there; i.e. aviators number 169 & 194.

Either that, or it was a very crowded snake ranch.

A call to the historical society says that they will be putting out a program listing the aviators with a number. The woman didn't really know the numbering sequence, whether it was chronological or alphabetical or whatever.

However two aviators with those two numbers on their soon to be publiished list lived in the house in the photo.

 

[MIDNJAC]

Well not flying over the Cays hardly constitutes a complex set of course rules.

For all the crap pointy nose guys get in terms of noise abatement, after spending an afternoon/evening or two out at the Hotel Del bar, I have to say that the helo traffic is far more annoying. And I don't say that out of dislike of helos....

 

[wlawr005]

Do they still give you a number when you wing? I would imagine that would have to be a pretty big number by now.