28 March 06

Maps For The Sky

Judging from the date on the map, sometime in 1976 I acquired a 1:1,000,000 scale world aeronautical chart covering California and the Southwest. (This was probably at a stop at the long since closed Nut Tree, which was a popular roadside restaurant off of I-80 in Vacaville. It was next to an airport and also sold aviation goodies). Aeronautical charts are great fun to look at, but I don’t have any others. But now there’s a site that lets you browse aeronautical charts online—SkyVector.com. It’s good for planning imaginary flights!

(From The Map Room.)

Posted by at 10:16 PM in Maps | Link |
  1. Thanks for the link.

    I used to eat at the Nut Tree regularly… Every Christmas we would go pick up the makings for a gingerbread house… Our family would put one together and take it to the local convalescent hospital.

    Guess I have lots of memories of the Nut Tree – probably left CA just about the time it closed.
    — endment    29. March 2006, 03:52    Link
  2. The Power Centers finally ate the Nut Tree? Nobody tells me anything. I gazed at the Nut Tree sign for years from I-80, until recently I thought. , but maybe the sign survived the business, as so often happens.
    — Jarrett    29. March 2006, 21:25    Link

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