"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message ink.net...

"John R. Copeland" wrote in message
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"Allan9" wrote in message
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"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).


No it wasn't. Columbus VOR was located about three miles SSE of New Albany.
Appleton VOR is about four miles SSE of Appleton. I think the choice of
designator was more likely influenced by the name of the nearby community
than by any recent birth at the zoo.

You're correct about the locations, Steven, but in 1956 the stated reason for the
location change was the construction of a 720,000-volt electrical power line
whose right-of-way passed very near the old VOR location.
(That line was one of the earliest 720kV lines in the U.S.)
That region is the highest elevation in the county, and the move was said to guard
against reflections from the towers and the massive conductors of the lines.

If not for commemoration of the birth of Colo, I didn't think a change in name
was particularly mandated from moving the VOR by maybe 5 miles or so.
I guessed at the time that somebody searched hard to locate a little burg
in the vicinity which could "justify" the APE designation. :-)