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Experience in the Chair: Guiding a Twin Beech Home

Air Facts

The airport was central to the region and was well equipped as an alternate with long runways and an ATC control tower staffed with trained controllers from 6 am until midnight every day. In the 70s, enroute navigation was usually on VOR Airways (Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Radio). The Tower had no radar.