Some of the fix names are funny, some wired, and some are normal (MAKHU). One weird one that I found recently is
ITSME
What are some weird one you have seen? *You dont have to put a picture, just the name.
ITSME
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I’ve seen ADELE, BRBRA, JARNO, FORKK, CURVE, and DRUMM.
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FIRES Southeast of PHNL
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I don’t work with Navigation, although, Henrik does ;)
Flying north past Pease International Tradeport up to Lebanon, New Hampshire? Check your map for HAMMM BURGER FRYYS as you head towards Lebanon Municipal Airport’s Runway 18.
Taken off http://flyingwithfish.boardingarea.com/2012/02/23/airport-waypoints-that-will-make-you-laugh/
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Haha. I used to live 5 minutes from there, haha
Sizzil and JAKO
I’ve seen CHRIS
I’ve seen an almost full spelling of my forum name here Bulba but a bit off.
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In the Sydney region you’ll find quite a lot of interesting names and actual names like:
Kevin, Prawn, Fisha, Jelli, Whale, Cliff, Mum, Glen and I’m sure there are plenty more out in the Sydney region…
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I love funny/weird RNAV fixes!
Near Nashville, Tennessee (dubbed “Music City USA”) we have:
GUITR
ACUFF (for Grand Ole Opry legend Roy Acuff)
HEHAW (the old TV series)
VOLLS (Tennessee Volunteers!)
OPERY (Grand Ole Opry)
RYYMN (Ryman Auditorium, where Grand Ole Opry was first broadcast)
PASLY (country artist Brad Paisley)
PREDS (Nashville Predators hockey team)
DANLS (country artist Charlie Daniels)
HGGRD (country artist Merle Haggard)
Near Hong Kong:
RAMEN
And… near Camilla, Texas, USA, (inexplicably):
SUSHI
:)
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Pretty sure BOSOX is a thing near Boston.
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Jako is my favourite one for reasons
There’s BOING near San Diego.
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Why would you tag Navigation Editors?
What are navigation editors
They edit VORs, Fixes, ILSes, etc
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Sorry, thank you to know me that.