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VOR Quizzes


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This high altitude VOR is located in North America.

It's named after the general vicinity.

There is Regional Airline service to the two nearby cities,
each from a different country!

Its name is frequently mispronounced.

There is a famous folk song about a disaster nearby.


NOV23

photo by Patrick Boyle



correct answers:

Ethan St. Martin - United Airlines
John Barry
Tom Norwood
Richard Fellie - Air Transport International
Craig Symons - United Airlines
Mike Vane
Dale Gentry - Southwest Airlines
Charles Cotton - Southwest Airlines
 

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The answer is Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan (SSM)

This navaid is located at a busy General Aviation airport
(billed as the second busiest airport in its state) in a large U.S metropolitan area.

The navaid, airport, town and county all share the same name,
which is also a man's name.

It's located between two VORs, and near a Prohibited Area.


October 2023

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VOR@Dispatcher.org

correct answers:

Ed McCoy - United Airlines
Dale Gentry - Southwest Airlines
Tom Norwood
John Barry
Ethan St. Martin - United Airlines
Dan Dziedzic - United Airlines
Craig Symons - United Airlines

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The answer is Frederick (FDK) Maryland. 
Thanks to Bret Proden for the photograph!
 

***revised*** (or, "release 2 for clue revision"):

This Navaid is located outside the United States.  


It's at an airport, on an island, but does not share the same name or identifier as that airport.  It's actually named after the nearby bay.

This airport, which has a single runway, does most of its business in the peak summer travel season, with many flights from airports on the same continent. 

A famous consort was born here.


August 2023

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correct answers:


Keith Fisher - United Airlines
Dan Dziedzic - United Airlines
Dale Gentry - Southwest Airlines
John Barry

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the answer is Garitsa (KRK) at Corfu, Greece 

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This Navaid is located in the United States. 
It’s a low altitude VOR, not an an airport, near a large man-made lake, which started as a hydroelectric project, and became a very popular vacation destination. 
The VOR’s name references a meteorological condition that one expects on vacation.
A crime drama television series is set in this area, and named after it.

September 2023

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VOR@Dispatcher.org






correct answers:

Marvin Hood - United Airlines
Tom Norwood
Dale Gentry - Southwest Airlines
Keith Fisher - United Airlines
John Barry





the answer is Sunshine (SHY), near Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri.



This Navaid is located in the United States. 
It's a low altitude VOR, serving (and sharing the same three-letter ID as) a nearby city's regional airport. 
That airport had airline service into the 1980s, but now is best known as a Joint Use airport with an Air National Guard base, flying transport aircraft.
Several movies were filmed at the local prison. 
Car accidents were also filmed there.

July 2024
 
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VOR@Dispatcher.org

correct answerers:

Tom Norwood
Adam Schweber
Marvin B. Hood
Dale Gentry - Southwest Airlines
Jerry Penttila - United AIrlines
Robert Den Besten - United Airlines

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the answer is Mansfield, Ohio (MFD).  Thanks for participating!