They had one of these signal lamps (with quite a layer of dust on them, I might add)
Backpacker, you've reminded me of a night-flight as passenger in a friend's C140. The radio failed enroute so when we arrived, he did a circuit and go-around to attract the attention of the tower - there was no other traffic. After the second go-around, with still no signals, he landed off the third approach. Later when phoning the tower to report in, the controller apologized for not giving us any signals. He said that the lamp had been unused for so long, that it fell apart when he picked it up!
