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VOR Quizzes


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This navaid is located at a small municipal airport in the United States.
It does not, however, share the same name or identifier.
Its name is the demonym of natives of this state.
The city it serves is home to a large state university, whose sports teams share the name of the VOR.

February 2019


Correct answers:  

Jim Hanson - Cape Air/Nantucket Airlines
Pete Crawford
David Birkley
Jason A. Spalding
Dale Gentry - Southwest Airlines
Kenneth Dechmerowski - National Airlines
Rob Mathews - Republic Airline

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Answer: OOM (Hoosier)

This month's navaid is near a major airport in the United States.
It is named after an animal, as well as a sports team, that is found in that area. 
It's located not too far from El Dorado, and a Dairy.


March 2019

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Correct answers:
 
Jim Hanson - Cape Air
Wally Wilson
Dale Gentry - Southwest Airlines
Kenneth Dechmerowski - National Airlines
David Birkley


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Answer - Dolphin (DHP)

This Navaid is located in the United States, at a former U.S. Air Force base. 
It’s named after the nearby unincorporated community, which had been a city until it burned to the ground in 1911. 
A river passing through the area, draining into a large lake, shares the same name as the VOR.
The airport, which has a different name and identifier, is used as maintenance facility for an airline.

May 2019
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Correct answers:  

Dale Gentry - Southwest Airlines
Kenneth Dechmerowski - National Airlines
Brian Brown
Adam Schweber - Frontier Airlines



















ASP (Au Sable)

This month's navaid is in the United States, along an Interstate Highway.
It’s named after a lonely place on the former Santa Fe railroad, and it shares its name with a nearby quarry.  
It's not far from where an event (which was given the same name) occurred that caused an Amtrak train to derail.

It's also a male name from mythology, and sounds similar to a metric system unit of area. 

April 2019
Photo by Susan Pfingstler

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Answer - Hector (HEC)

Correct answers:  

Jim Hanson - Cape Air/Nantucket Airlines
Kenneth Dechmerowski - National Airlines
Dave Birkley
Jason Spalding - National Airlines
Dale Gentry- Southwest Airlines

This month's navaid is at an airport in the United States, which is served by regional airlines from several hubs.
The town is named for a city in Mexico, which also has a VOR!
The area is known for its scenic narrow gauge mountain railroad.

AUG 2019

Photo by John Schwoyer

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Answer - DRO (Durango)

Correct Answers:  

Kenneth Dechmerowski - National Airlines
Mark Monse
Dave Birkley
Al Minich - Sierra Pacific Airlines
Dale Gentry - Southwest Airlines
Adam Schweber - Frontier Airlines
Martin Marlow
Brian Brown