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Do You See Any Synthetic Birds ? Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 9/23/2014
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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This is a large camoed peanut butter jar.  If you sit for a while on a nice day from ~9 am to 6 pm we’re sure you will see some of the synthetic birds flying by. We understand there is a good flock of Poison Ivy nesting in the cache vicinity. Please take precaution...Gloves, extraction tools, whatever you can come up with - or - wait until winter and the freezeup.  

Please no night caching because lights might disturb the birds (if they’re nesting) and there’s a neighborhood nearby.

The Kent State University Airport is just south across Rt 59.

Here is a brief history of the airport.

  1. 1917 - Kent State University Airport reported to be one of the first airports in the state of Ohio. First used as an enroute landing field by pilots ferrying World War I Jennys to other parts of the United States from Canada.
  2. 1920 -  Airport opens to the public under the name of Stow Aviation Field.
  3. 1925 - Al T. Simmons and Hugh Robbins form Robbins Flying Service.
  4. 1930 - Robbins Flying Service built a small service hangar which is today part of the Maintenance hangar. During the early1930s, such notable flyers as Charles Lindbergh, Floyd Bennet and Eddie Rickenbacker flew from the field.
  5. 1939 - Rudy VanDevere purchased the farm land that facilitates the airport. Airport became known as Stow Field.
  6. 1943 - Kent State University purchased the airport from Rudy VanDevere then leased back the airport to Ray VanDevere. Stow Field renamed Kent State University Airport.
  7. 1947 - Large Army surplus aircraft hangar was constructed and the present Aerospace Technology program was started during the 1947 school year.
  8. 1965 - North-South runway paved and a 14 unit "T" Hangar was constructed.
  9. 1966 - Airfield named Andrew W. Paton Field in honor of the professor who taught the University's first aerospace course in 1947.
  10. 1982 - Constructed North end of the North-South parallel taxiway.
  11. 1983 - Constructed South end of the North-South parallel taxiway.  Constructed Southern runway extension (60').
  12. 1985 - Visual Approach Slope Indicators landing guidance system installed.
  13. 1987 - North-South runway extended from 3065' to 3950'.
  14. 1989 - Aircraft parking ramp/apron expanded to 120' by 360'. Construct final 50' section of North-South runway making it 4,000' in length.
  15. 1999 - Airport runway, taxiway, ramp/apron resurfaced.

Exerpted from the KSU Airport web page - 9/2014.

There is room enough for ~one car to pull off on Kaufman Rd which runs north off  Rt 59 just to the west of GZ.  The pull off is immediately north of 59.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Nobhg 6 sg

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)