Centennial of Naval Aviation Mystery Cache
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Centennial of Naval Aviation
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Cache is NOT at the posted lat/long. A search of information found at the posted lat/long will lead to values required to complete lat/long of actual cache. Please take your time to enjoy the one of a kind tributes to one of the local area's claims to fame. You cannot Google the answers to the questions below, you have to visit the mystery cache to solve coordinates of the actual site. Actual cache is located in a closed after dark area.
In 2011, the US Navy will celebrate its Centennial of Naval Aviation! This cache is intended to create awareness of an event that thrust Hampton Roads into the world's spotlight when Eugene Ely piloted the first launch of an aircraft from the USS Birmingham, on November 14th, 1910. Most locals know that we live in the hub of east coast Naval Aviation, and that we support or observe all phases of its operations daily. But few realize the very first time an aircraft took off from a ship happened in their own backyard, or that there's a monument to the implications of that fateful day located equally close by. Thank you ANA. www.hrana.org
To determine the coordinates of the physical cache answer:
LAT= 36 AB . CDE
LONG = 076 00 . FGH
AB = The total number of months Admiral Jerry Denton was confined as a prisioner of war _________,
MINUS the sum of digits of the total number of F4U Corsairs built _________,
MINUS the sum of the digits of the max speed of the Goodyear Zepplin ________,
MINUS the sum of the digits of the hull number of the aircraft carrier displayed on the Marine, Navy, Coast Guard wall (South side) __________.
C = The second digit of USS Saratoga's hull number.
DE = The sum of the digits of the year the picture of CV 21 was taken during the Korean conflict ________,
MINUS the number of F4U Corsairs overhead the ship in that picture. (Northwest side) ________.
F = The number of crewmembers it takes to employ the eyes of the fleet, the only night-flying, Grumman Iron Works, turbo-prop aircraft left on today's carrier; the venerable E-2 Hawkeye.
G = The number of aircraft carriers depicted in the golden anniversary photo taken in the year CV 67's namesake was inaugurated ________,
MINUS the number of female aviators in the north-east sculpture _______.
H = The last digit in the year Eugene Ely made the first launch.
**Math Check: when added together, the sum of the digits of the lat+ long of the actual cache should add up to 45**
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