Roanoke Airport Retires Old Beacon Light; Terminal Slated for Demolition

March 31, 2005
The old Roanoke Regional Airport Terminal is slated for demolition in Virginia, however a few momentos will remain at the Va. Museum of Transportation.

Roanoke Regional Airport airfield crew William Morris, center, and James Dameron, right, guide the old beacon light onto a truck Wednesday morning, March 30, 2005, after it was removed from the top of the old terminal building that is slated for demolition in Roanoke, Va. The light will be stored on display at the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke. Curtis Underwood of Alan Amos Inc., looks on at let.

Charles Settles, from Alan Amos, Inc., helps control half of the "ROANOKE" sign as it is lowered from the old Roanoke Regional Airport Terminal.