So recently I've been kayaking around this island, and found a trail leading up to something that I think is an old VOR tower. They were used in aircraft navigation before GPS was around.
Here is a Wikipedia link
I'm not really sure what this thing really is, hopefully someone here can tell me.
@JakeTheDogg Yup! It's on an island 4 miles of the coast. And the VOR antenna is 200 meters above sea level with a good 360 degree view of the sea.
@ChiChiWerx interesting
Yes, it's a VOR antenna, or it looks like one. Airplanes still use VOR, in fact, it's considered more "reliable" than GPS as it's a fixed ground station, in fact current rules dictate that the pilot much of the time, still needs to have a ground station tuned and ready even when using GPS. However, GPS is cheaper and more accurate, especially when combined with WAAS and the required database. Hard to say for certain, but as time goes on, money concerns will probably dictate going all GPS and the rules will probably follow.