Talk:Hillside letters

"Long-standing myth" claim
Contrary to the assertion that hillside letters were not intended as signals to aircraft, the "< PHOENIX" hillside letters in Arizona (33.492°N 111.63°W) are quite clearly intended to signal aircraft, and are completely unaffiliated with a local communitiy, a school or any of the other theories put forth.

Further, there is a well-documented series of aerial signals that were built in the 1920s specifically for use by pilots flying for the US Postal Service:

http://www.messynessychic.com/2013/11/15/the-forgotten-giant-arrows-that-guide-you-across-america/ -- Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.167.207.106 (talk) 14:35, 20 April 2014 (UTC)


 * However, giant hillside single initials (just "C" or whatever), unaccompanied by arrows, are not meant for airplanes. AnonMoos (talk) 16:19, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

Map
I know for a fact there are more hillside letters than stated on that map (Langdon Farms and Maywood Park for example, and likely many more). MB298 (talk) 04:17, 8 January 2016 (UTC)