This Navaid is near, and named after, a large U.S. city.
Its identifier is also that of the nearby general aviation airport, which no longer has airline service, having been moved to a new airport more than 50 years ago.
A high level of bird activity in the area is a problem for aircraft.
Photo courtesy David Stanley (inspired by a photo in Classic Trains Magazine!)
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Correct Answers:
Ed McCoy - NATCA/FAA Dale Gentry- Southwest Airlines Mark Nashed - National Airlines
The answer is Sacramento (SAC), California Thanks for participating!
This month’s navaid is actually a decommissioned VOR.
Like some others in the United States that have met the same fate, it is still in use for its DME function, with the same name and frequency that it had in its VOR days.
It’s located at an airport which had airline service into the 1960s.
It also is the site of a collision of an airliner and a General Aviation aircraft, where a Dispatcher in the jumpseat of the airliner saw the other aircraft and alerted his crew to it, possibly averting an even worse accident.
It’s not far from the highest point in the state.
Some of the first jazz music recordings were made in this city.
This former VOR is named after the airport and city, but it also shares its name with another, much bigger city’s VOR, which is also located at airport, and named after that city.
And there is only one letter difference in the identifier!
Dale Gentry - Southwest Airlines Mark Nashed - National Airlines Jim Hanson - Cape Air Ed Pataky Kenneth Dechmerowski - National Airlines David Sigel - UPS Airlines Joe Chamberlain - UPS Airlines
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Richmond, Indiana (RID) DME.
Here's the link for the accident mentioned. The Lake Central Airlines Relief Dispatcher was the late Thomas Cotter.
Jim Hanson - Cape Air/Nantucket Airlines Dale Gentry - Southwest Airlines Mark Nashed - National Airlines Kenneth Dechmerowski - National Airlines Joe Chamberlain - UPS Airlines Timothy Smith - Southwest Airlines Ed Pataky David Sigel - UPS Airlines Adam Schweber - United Airlines
Kenneth Dechmerowski - National Airlines Mark Nashed - National Airlines Dale Gentry - Southwest Airlines Joseph Chamberlain - UPS Airlines Greg Wastl - United Airlines Errol Talley - United Airlines (solved in ten seconds!) David Sigel - UPS Airlines Connor Monson- Alaska Airlines Adam Schweber - United Airlines
