[450] $5 dollars to anyone who can figure out what this is...

[John Foege]

It's a NBD (non-directional beacon) that operates on 362 kHz and is called
CLERA. It serves as the OM (outer marker) for pilot's flying instrument
approaches to runway 36 at Waterbury-Oxford airport.

You fly over CLERA at 2500 ft. above sea level and turn to a heading of 005
degrees. From the NDB it's a 6 nautical mile approach to the runway at a 3
degree glideslope.

Generally pilots intercept the instrument landing system at that fix over
CLERA on 109.55 MHz, which gives them precise left/right and glideslope
info and they just keep the cross needles centered as they fly the approach
all the way in.

A little flying/radio trivia for everyone!

I thought you all might be interested in a large swath of fenced off grass
in the middle of nowhere with a turnstile antenna and a shack....

Cheers!

73s
John
W1QEX
On Nov 5, 2013 7:34 PM, "Michael Aurio" <oneluckystiff at hotmail.com> wrote:

> it looks like a loacator tower for oxford airport..........................
>
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> Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2013 19:09:07 -0500
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> Subject: [450] $5 dollars to anyone who can figure out what this is...
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> 41.382404, -73.112524
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> Google maps it and zoom in....if you can figure it out, I'll buy you
> lunch/beer/etc.
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