View Single Post
  #18  
Old February 9th 06, 07:53 PM posted to rec.aviation.ifr
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default Jepps airport and VOR names ... how used?

"Allan9" wrote in message ...

.... So Cleveland VOR becamw Dryer VOR (DBJ). It was
nameed after a very prominent Cleveland aviation family. Milwaukee VOR
became Badger, South Bend VOR became Gipper (wonder why?) and so on.
Al


"And so on" indeed.
In 1956, the Columbus, Ohio zoo had the first gorilla baby ever born
in captivity. Shortly after, our VOR was renamed APE (Appleton).