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This Navaid is not in the United States.
It is named after the city where it is located, and services a large airport 3.1 miles away, which has the same three letter (IATA) code. 
That airport's four letter (ICAO) designator is also an English word for something that might keep you from seeing a VOR!
The area was the location of a WWII naval battle, which was not successful the first time for the Allies. 
The city and its harbor was a prize for the Japanese, as it had a huge oil industry, which Japan needed for fuel.


DEC 2024


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correct answers received from:

Yale Oseroff
Richard L. Fellie - Air Transport International
Alex Johnson - Southwest Airlines
John Barry
Michael Vane
Jesse Butcher - Delta Air Lines
Brandon Osborn

and a group effort from United!

Jake Browne
Jeff Dasher
Robert Hourigan
Raegan Bradley
Tom Waters


This VOR is located in the United States.
It is at an airport with no commercial service.
It does not have a similar identifier as the airport but does have the same name.
There were 2 significant disasters nearby where many perished.  One was natural,   the other was man made. 
There are some geometric gardens in the area.


Nov 24

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correct answers: 

Marvin Hood - United Airlines
Jesse Butcher - Delta Air Lines
Alexander Johnson - Southwest Airlines
Dillon Hockett - Southwest Airlines
Yale Oseroff - EndeaVOR Air


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The answer is Scholes (VUH), Texas. 

The disasters are the 1900 Galveston hurricane and the 1947 Texas City explosion.

Moody Gardens is adjacent to the Scholes International Airport at Galveston (GLS).

This Navaid is in the United States, at a former airline hub.

It will remain in the Minimum Operational Network, but there's an
RNAV waypoint at the same location which brings to mind a criminal.


Photo by Manuel de Alba
Sept 2024



                    correct answers received from (page down for the answer):

                                   James Hanson
                            Ed McCoy - United Airlines
                     Alex Johnson - Southwest Airlines
                                  Cayce Sweeney - Atlas Air
               Martin Weaver - American Airlines (retired)                        
                                     John Barry
                           Bryce J. Harden - Kalitta Air
               Richard L. Fellie - Air Transport International
                            Kenneth Dechmerowski
                                  Michael Vane
                       Dale Gentry - Southwest Airlines
                        Jesse Butcher - Delta Airlines



































The answer is Nashville, Tennessee (BNA)

This navaid is at an airport in the United States.  
The airport serves and is located between three cities, and its (and the navaid's) three-letter identifier contains the first letter of each city. 
Those three letters are actually the name of the airport!  
But the navaid is named after the largest one (barely) of those cites.  
A popular song of the 1960s mentions spending several days trying to get a ride out of that city.


October 2024

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                    correct answers:

            Marvin B. Hood - United Airlines
                                                Ed McCoy - United Airlines
                                           Dale Gentry - Southwest Airlines
                                            Jesse Butcher - Delta Air Lines
                                                        Julie Harris
                                                        John Barry
                                      Richard L. Fellie - Air Transport International
                                          Andrew Poure - Kalitta Air
                                           Alex Johnson - Southwest Airlines

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                                   the answer is Saginaw (MBS), Michigan

                                                  photo by Phil Brooks

This navaid is located outside the United States, on an island. 
It’s close to an air base that has been used by the U.S. military for many years.
The navaid and the air base are both named after the nearby town.
Its identifier is not the same as the airport, which has commercial airline service, and is also a popular fuel stop.
Speaking of fuel, there’s a famous incident that occurred here with an Airbus that wasn’t planning to stop here…
There is a TACAN station on the field, oddly it is not co-located with the VOR.

Photo by Laura Lott





















August 2024


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VOR@Dispatcher.org


correct answers:

James Hanson
Alexander Johnson
Richard L. Fellie - Air Transport International
Kenneth Dechmerowski
John Barry 
Ed McCoy - United Airlines
Bryce J. Harden - Kalitta Air

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the answer is Lajes (LM), Azores, Portugal