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does anyone happen to know right off hand what those little symbols mean??? some young lads came to me today to settle an arguement of what they are for,,,,i left my WISE OLD SAGE hat home today,,,can i get a little help here,,,to keep up my facade?????what's your opinion on this????[those little white plane symbols painted every so often on highways]
some people are like slinkies, they serve no purpose, but, they bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs.
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i THINK IT IS THE INTERNATIONAL SYMBOL TO "DUCK" 
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to remind you "If You Were Flying, You'd Be There By Now!!!" 
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maybe it is part of the highway that can be used for a emergency runway if needed.
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see, now that was my original thought, but lets have some fun with this 
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look out.... alternate runway
But, what it really means is that there is an airport nearby. Kind of like there are hospital signs when you are near a hospital.
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If you mean the airplane silhouettes that are painted on the highway every 1/10th mile then your talking about the markers aircraft enforcement use to measure your speed for ticketing purposes.
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If you mean the airplane silhouettes that are painted on the highway every 1/10th mile then your talking about the markers aircraft enforcement use to measure your speed for ticketing purposes.
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Pictures of an airplane on the side of the road are "Caution. Low Flying Aircraft."
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I always thought it meant the road was part of the highway that can be used for a emergency runway.
but the "If you mean the airplane silhouettes that are painted on the highway every 1/10th mile then your talking about the markers aircraft enforcement use to measure your speed for ticketing purposes" makes a lot of sense.
What a mystery.
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They serve as both a warning to speeders that the highway is patrolled by aircraft and a distance marker for airborn highway patrolmen to time speeders. They can't pace speeders with the airplane as they do with patrol cars because the airspeed indicator doesn't show groundspeed.
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.....it's Alien graffiti !!!! The Martian kids saw crop circles as 'establishment' so have branched off.....
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I always thought it meant the road was part of the highway that can be used for a emergency runway.
As a private pilot, I can assure you that if I have an emergency which requires me to put the airplane down anywhere other than an airport, then I'm not going to waste my time looking for little airplanes painted on the highway before I set it down. I'm going to make the landing anywhere convenient/appropriate (flat, firm, and unobstructed) in the immediate vicinity.
The symbols on the highway are indeed timing markers for airborne troopers. A diamond shaped yellow highway sign with an airplane symbol is a warning that there may be low flying airplanes OR (rarely) that airplanes may taxi across the highway/street at the intersection. The sign will indicate which.
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It's a warning to pilots - Read the small print
CAUTION ALL PILOTS: IF YOU CAN READ THIS, YOU ARE TOO LOW.
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It's a warning to pilots - Read the small print
CAUTION ALL PILOTS: IF YOU CAN READ THIS, YOU ARE TOO LOW.
Arsenalfan. AKA Mark Able
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The symbols on the highway are indeed timing markers for airborne troopers.
Good to know. On highay 72 between Memphis and Huntsville there are quite a few of those little planes on the road. I will remember this next time i do that trip. I usually cruise along there between 80 and 90.
Think i might slow down a bit.
Arsenalfan. AKA Mark Able
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The most recent winners of the fabled 'Cannonball Run' used all kinds of assists to keep them from being pulled over. One of the tools they used was a friend who shadowed them in a light plane to keep watch and warn them of any troopers in the air or around the corner. The troopers in the air will time a car (using the little airplanes on the pavement) and radio another trooper on the ground waiting for the law breaker. The guy on the ground will then just wait for the car/truck/bike/moped to come along and then pull the offending commie scofflaw over.
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allll rightttyyy then, ya'll might as well fess up,,, you obviouslty don't have your collective WISE OLD SAGE hats either,, i guessed all the above answers my silly self. i just thought as sharp as some of you guys are,,,someone would KNOW the correct answer. now,,,WE ALL TO KNOW!!! somebody
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allll rightttyyy then, ya'll might as well fess up,,, you obviouslty don't have your collective WISE OLD SAGE hats either,, i guessed all the above answers my silly self. i just thought as sharp as some of you guys are,,,someone would KNOW the correct answer. now,,,WE ALL TO KNOW!!! somebody
The correct answer is that they are timing marks for Highway Patrol aircraft.
Perhaps one of the LEOs on the board here will chime in.
I've known this since the 60s when a friend's dad who was also a state trooper told us about timing speeders from an airplane.
And as GB mentioned they are made obvious so that drivers know the area is patrolled by aircraft.
They're more sneaky in some parts (like Nevada). They have hash marks on the shoulder at 1/10th mile intervals for the timing. Not nearly so apparent to drivers,,,,,or riders.
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they are timing marks for Highway Patrol aircraft
And there is usually another set down the road to mark the Strafing zone 
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Yep! I'm pretty sure they're to tell people that there could be a "Flyin' Smokey" overhead looking for speeders, alright.
But unfortuantely that sign DOESN'T mean that they're up there looking for anybody making dangerous lane-changes by failing to check their BLIND SPOT, and/or making turns without signaling!
(but then again, I guess that second one might be a tad hard to spot from up there, huh?!)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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a "Flyin' Smokey"
That'd be a "bear in the air" 
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(click) That's a roger, good buddy! (click)
Last edited by Dwight; 02/06/2008 12:06 AM.
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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