Originally Posted By: chaosmagnet
I've never read about three fires being used to mark a landing zone, however.

The first link in Izzy's post earlier has a set of ground signals similar to things I've read in the past. It also shows a triangle to indicate a landing spot.

I think I first read about the triangle on those deck of survival cards, way, way back when. Actually, Izzy's link may be exactly the same set of signals.