KEAT name history?

"Ken Finney" wrote in message
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Pangborn airport in Wenatchee, Washington is named after Clyde Pangborn,
but bears the identifier (EAT). Anyone know why that identifier, or was
it just random? Pangborn landed on his famous trip at another airport
(Fancher Field) so that can't have anything to do with it (i.e. Fancher
owning a restuarant, etc.).




Years ago ('70s) we could fly over from BFI in Seattle, land and park on
the usually very vacant ramp, and then spend the day hunting the grassland
between the runways at Wenatchee. Kept the big bird population down, got us
out of the city, and was a lot of fun.

Homeland Defense would probably have a cow today if a plane load of guys
hopped out with shotguns and started walking the airport grounds....

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Jim Carter
Rogers, Arkansas