Jepps airport and VOR names ... how used?

"Allan9" wrote in message
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This came about by the increased usage of computers in Air Traffic
Control. Computers could not understand or process a VOR(Cleveland VOR)
CLE direct to Cleveland (Hopkins) Airport CLE. So it was decided to
change the name the name of the VOR. 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.


Flight data processing computers could understand and process VOR to airport
and airport to VOR routes with identical identifiers. They still do, the
VORs that had their identifiers changed were typically those that were more
than about five miles from the airport.

By the way, Dryer is DJB, not DBJ.

In a previous article, "Steven P. McNicoll" said:
Flight data processing computers could understand and process VOR to airport
and airport to VOR routes with identical identifiers. They still do, the
VORs that had their identifiers changed were typically those that were more
than about five miles from the airport.

BUF VOR is 3.8nm from BUF airport, so that fits.

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