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VOR Quizzes


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VOR Quiz
 

June 2010 VOR Trivia Quiz 

Contest submitted by: Phil Brooks 

photo courtesy of Javida Lomax

 

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  1. This VOR's identifier spells the name of one of the children in a popular 1970's situation comedy.

  2. It's named after the nearby city, which itself is named after a U.S. General and early President, and shares the name of a well-known civil rights activist.

  3. This VOR is located on a golf course/country club where you might want to gather all of your relatives.

 

Send your answers to: webdude@dispatcher.org

This month's winners:

answer: Jackson, Mississippi (JAN)

 Walter Wilson -

Pam Brooks - 

Joe Stepansky -

Ed Pataky - ExpressJet

Michael Ferraro - Southwest

Derek Severin - Air Wisconsin

Dawn Stone - 

Chris Dau - Aloha Air Cargo

Timothy Smith - AirTran Airways

Roland Mahaffey - 

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VOR Quiz
 

May 2010 VOR Trivia Quiz 

Contest submitted by: Phil Brooks 

photo courtesy of Tim Smith

 

VOR

 

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  1. This VOR's name is shared with the airport it is located on, the city it resides in, and the province that all 3 are located in

  2. The airport it is associated with reopened on July 1st, 2006 after being closed nearly 20 years.

  3. The country the airport is located in borders the Caribbean Sea and an Ocean.

  4. The name is also a "portmanteau".

  5. The photo was taken from a cruise ship!

 

Send your answers to: webdude@dispatcher.org

This month's winners:

answer: Limon,Costa Rica (LIO)

Mark Monse - Southwest

Chris Dau - Aloha Air Cargo

Dawn Stone -Expeditors International

Bill Allen - UPS

Michael Ferraro - Southwest

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VOR Quiz
 

March 2010 VOR Trivia Quiz 

Contest submitted by: Phil Brooks

photo courtesy of Dave Birkley 

VOR

 

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  1. This navaid is located at an airport in the U.S.

  2. It's named after the nearby town, which itself is named after a feature of the river that passes through the area.

  3. This navaid is NOT located in Wisconsin.

 

Send your answers to: webdude@dispatcher.org

This month's winners:

answer: Gila Bend (GBN)

Matt Walters -

Ed Pataky - ExpressJet

David Reisman -

Walter Wilson -

Roland Mahaffey - FedEx

Joe Stepansky

Matthew Cramer - Air Wisconsin

Kenneth Rowe - Freedom Airlines

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VOR Quiz
 

April 2010 VOR Trivia Quiz 

Contest submitted by: Phil Brooks 

VOR

 

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  1. This navaid is on an island in the Pacific, the site of a major WWII battle.

  2. It's located on a major airport. Until recently, ATC Approach Control was conducted by the United States Air Force (from another airfield), but the island itself is no longer under U.S. control.

  3. From the end of WWII until 1978, people here drove their cars on the right side of the street.

 

Send your answers to: webdude@dispatcher.org

This month's winners:

answer: Naha, Okinawa (NHC)

Matthew Cramer - Air Wisconsin

Andrew Cass - Air Wisconsin

Pete Crawford -

Joe Stepansky -

Timothy Smith - AirTran

Amanda Hubbard -

Previous Quizes

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VOR Quiz

February 2010 VOR Trivia Quiz 

Contest submitted by: Phil Brooks

photo courtesy of Charlie Pyles 

VOR

 

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  1. This navaid's name is sometimes intentionally slightly mispronounced by pilots and dispatchers, so it ends up being something you might get kicked out of school for having!

  2. The nearby town by the same name has a connection to "Licking".

  3. Exercise machines are made in that building in the background.

Send your answers to: webdude@dispatcher.org

This month's winners:

answer: FLM - Falmouth, Ky

 Walter Wilson -

Chris Dau - Aloha Air Cargo

Roland Mahaffey - FedEx

Previous Quizes

January 2010

December 2009

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