A simple 2 step multi, simply because there is no place to hide a cache around this Gateway Display honoring the A-6 and EA6B aircraft and the city of Oak Harbor.
Recently, NAS Whidbey celebrated its 65th anniversary. Since the setting of that first watch at NAS Whidbey, men and women wearing the uniforms of our armed forces have gone out from this place to fight our nation’s wars and to project power for peace on the oceans of the world. For more than 40 of those years, Whidbey’s contributions to this projection of sea power have been made by the two aircraft so beautifully displayed here, the A-6 Intruder and the EA-6B Prowler. The Intruder was the Navy’s workhorse in Vietnam and in Desert Storm, and wrote several glorious chapters in the history of naval aviation prior to its retirement from service some 10 years ago. As a testament to its durability and ever-increasing capability, the Prowler continues to serve today and into the future as the world’s only electronic warfare aircraft and none of our carrier air wings go into harm’s way without the EA-6B.
These aircraft and the display also stand as tributes to our “citizens in uniform”, those who flew, maintained and supported the Intruder, those who continue to so effectively operate the EA-6B Prowler, and especially to their families, who have remained here among us to bear the burdens and uncertainties of long and potentially dangerous deployments. It also serves as a lasting tribute to those who departed our shores to go into harm’s way and who did not return
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Now, for the multi: The given coords are for a small pullout located on the north side of the road. You will be able to locate the necessary numbers needed for the formula to find the final, while sitting in your car. There is no need to get out of your car! Located on the fuselage of each aircraft, near the tail section, you will notice a 6 digit number. This is called the bureau number or serial number. Serial number and bureau number are synonymous terms for the identifying numbers assigned to individual naval aircraft.
The A-6 aircraft is the southern-most airplane and its bureau number is in black numerals. Using the last three digits of its serial number, subtract 750. Subtract this new number from the last three digits of the parking latitude. This new answer will be the new last three digits of the final latitude coordinates.
The EA6B aircraft is the northern-most aircraft. Using it's 3 digit side number near the nose of the aircraft, add 29 to get the last 3 digits for the westing final. This new answer will be the new last three digits of the final longitude coordinates.
Insert your new 6 digits into the following: N48 19.XXX W122 39.XXX