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Acknowledgments

Elevation 249 feet, Fairfax County, Virginia
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Notes:

1 Richard W. Stephenson, The Cartography of Northern Virginia: Facsimile Reproductions of Maps Dating From 1608 to 1915, Office of Comprehensive Planning, Fairfax County, Virginia, 1981, PLATE 76 .

2
   Aircraft Year Book, 1930, Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America, Inc., page 546, and
Nick A. Komons, BONFIRES to BEACONS,   FAA, Wash. DC, 1978,  page 135.

3
   The NGS Data Sheet: GROVETON AIRWAY BEACON HV4584, VA/FAIRFAX,  The National Geodetic Survey,  NOAA. 

4
Frank Blair, Let's Be Frank About It,  Doubleday & Company, Inc. New York,  1979,  pages 136- 138.

5
   The Washington Post, RADIO PROGRAM Guide, June 13, 1940.

6
   The Alexandria Gazette, "Boyhood Memory Cherished: County to Name Road after 'Chappy' ",
February 21, 1978.


Unless Otherwise Noted:

Dates and facts confirmed through The Washington Post, Alexandria Gazette, or Fairfax Herald newspaper historic archives and The Aircraft Year Book series 1921 through 1954. 


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