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Old 5th Jun 2023, 20:37
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Una Due Tfc
 
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LIMRI on the Eastern end of the NAT is off the coast of Limerick, DOGAL is off the coast of Donegal, there's a few in Irish airspace named after the river mouth they are adjacent to, TOLKA, BOYNE, LIFFY. And we mustn't forget GINIS....

Many way point names are in use in more than one place. To this day occasionally an aircraft filed A-B-C is given a shortcut from A direct C and takes an unexpected turn towards a waypoint with the same name thousands of NM away.

Some great ones out there on SIDs and STARS in the US...BADDA BINNG into EWR (Sopranos reference), ITAWT ITAWA PUDYE TTATT IDEED.........SPICY BARBQ TERKY SMOKE.....SILCN VLLEY APLLE GGUGL......and of course....INBRD which I read is in Alabama.....
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