Douglas Block 2 is all about the women of the Douglas Aircraft Company. You need to take a close look at the information sign at this location, do some very simple math and you are on your way to the final. You should bring your toolbag for this one, after all, this is BLOCK 2.
In honor of the thousands of women that built aircraft at Douglas, First to Find should be reserved for a Female Cacher. If after 72 hours following publication no FTF has been claimed, anyone can be FTF.
The picture shows the 2000th C-47 Skytrain, a DC-3 with a reinforced fuselage floor and the addition of a large cargo door. In WWII every branch of the U.S military and all the major allied powers flew it. The British and the Australians designated it the Dakota (a clever acronym composed of the letters DACoTA for Douglas Aircraft Company Transport Aircraft). By the end of World War II, more than 10,000 had been built.
WORKSHEET:
STEP 1
W = Obviously at least one woman (Wilma?) was making fun remarks while the group was getting ready, we can only guess who it was but there are many smiles and a number of women (Patsy, Emma and a bunch of others) are distracted. In the group picture, lower right, how many women standing together are not looking at the photographer?
O = Number of Women in the picture fixing their hair.
M = Number of Women in the picture clearly wearing skirts (when in doubt, don’t count them).
A = Add up all numbers below the picture that are not spelled out in the informative sign (e.g. count 1941 but not "two").
N = The number of times the word “DOUGLAS” is mentioned on the ENTIRE sign.
STEP 2
Of each number above, calculate the digit sum until you have a single digit. (for example, "93" calculates to "9+3=12" which then calculates to 1+2=3)
STEP 3
Write the result in order like "WOMAN" where each letter is a single digit.
FINAL Coordinates:
N 33° 49.650' plus "MAN" plus 11.
W 118° 8.800' plus "WOM" minus 410.
Note: if WOMAN is 12345, then WOM = 123 and MAN is 345.
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