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Huffman Prairie Flying Field Multi-Cache

Hidden : 10/2/2007
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:


In 1990 the Huffman Prairie Flying Field site was designated a National Historic Landmark. This National Park is located in area C of Wright-Patterson AFB. This site is one of the four sites which together form the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park.

Stage 1 of this multi is located at the posted coordinates on the page. You will need to vist the listed coordinates for Stages 1, 2 and 3. At these stages you will gather information needed to determine the coordiates for the 4th and final stage.

Coordinates for Stage 4 will be in the form:

North AB° CD.EFD West GDC° GH.AHI

Stage 1

In the lower right corner of the historical marker are 4 numbers in the form: nn ~ nn

A = Second digit
B = Fourth digit
E = First digit
I = Third digit

Stage 2

Paul Laurence Dunbar lived in a house here during what years? The years are in the form yyyy - yyyy
C = Fourth digit
G = Third digit
H = Eighth digit

After returning, how many months did the brothers spend building and testing? Months are in the form: nn

D = Second digit

Stage 3

How many times did Wilbur go up? Number of trips are in the form: nn

F = Second digit

Stage 4

AB° CD.EFD GDC° GH.AHI

I set the difficulity and terrain ratings at 2/2. It's not a hard multi and could be a 1.5/1.5.

This should be a very fun family cache to work on. You can drive to stages 1, 2 and 3. Stage 4 is a few miles away. The cache location is a closed service road leading to a cell phone tower. A short walk (about 200 feet and will require no real bush whacking). Have fun.

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