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Old 06-26-2007 | 04:19 PM
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Hey guys,

I'm posting this at the Majors section as I believe the history behind the info i'm looking for might lye with the older generation perhaps.

So there's an arrival into Memphis Intl called the WLDR4 or the LTOWN2... I was told there might be a political agenda behind the names. Something like someone's name was the speaker of a certain conference whereas the name and the conf name are intersection names as well. Googled to no avail.

Anybody knows the story of the intersection names there?.... WLDER, LTOWN (what and where is LTOWN exactly??) and MRCEL.... if you have other intsc names you know the story behind, please feel free to share!

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Old 06-26-2007 | 04:30 PM
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WLDER - Speaker of the House TN, John Wilder (flies a twin commanche) 80 yrs old

LTOWN - Elvis' city...Memphis eltown......
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Old 06-26-2007 | 04:38 PM
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Geez THANKS!

Have any idea what MRCEL and CLARK stands for?...

Also, does MCGHE on ILS36R, is that for Col or General Mcghee? Is the ANG base there called after him?

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If anyone's got interesting names and stories behind to share please do!
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Old 06-26-2007 | 05:01 PM
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So.... I found MRCEL to be John Wilder's late wife. Marcelle. Died at the summer of 2004.

Interesting stuff you find with too much time on your hands...

I'm not sure about Clark, but seems like a political opponent of Wilder's was from Clarksville..... maybe CLARK for that?...
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Old 06-26-2007 | 08:02 PM
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Sen. Wilder is no longer the speaker of the Tennessee Senate. Last year, Sen. Ron Ramsey was voted in over Sen. Wilder after the GOP rose to 17 seats in the Senate. Sen. Wilder was the longest-serving Speaker in all the land (including all state legislatures and the US Congress).
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Old 06-26-2007 | 08:08 PM
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Originally Posted by schone
So.... I found MRCEL to be John Wilder's late wife. Marcelle. Died at the summer of 2004.

Interesting stuff you find with too much time on your hands...

I'm not sure about Clark, but seems like a political opponent of Wilder's was from Clarksville..... maybe CLARK for that?...
I always called it "MisterCel". No one seemed to care.
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Old 06-26-2007 | 08:17 PM
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Originally Posted by schone
So.... I found MRCEL to be John Wilder's late wife. Marcelle. Died at the summer of 2004.

Interesting stuff you find with too much time on your hands...

I'm not sure about Clark, but seems like a political opponent of Wilder's was from Clarksville..... maybe CLARK for that?...
Clark is for Clark Tower in east memphis. It is the tall building off right wing as you turn south on arrival. Twikl intersection on the marvel three arrival is named for twinkle town airport that used to exist near that intersection.
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Old 06-26-2007 | 08:42 PM
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Are you sure on Twinkle? Not scoffing--but the casinos are down there too. Not that I would know anything about them...
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Old 06-26-2007 | 09:10 PM
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Departing SLC westbound you cross these two intersections:

First CHUBY, then NOPAH

Supposedly they were added by SLC center not too long ago to simply climb vectors. The ATC guy who created them apparently named in reference to his favorite movie character.

Can anyone guess? Read them in order...
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Old 06-26-2007 | 09:12 PM
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Along the same lines, the RNAV RWY 16 at KPSM has the following waypoints: ITAWT, ITAWA, PUDYE, TTATT, followed by IDEED for the missed hold. I thought it was pretty funny when I first saw it.
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