TIL Aircraft navigation aids (NAVAIDs) have weird names (aerosavvy.com)

2 points by efitz 4y ago ↗ HN

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I found this when I was using FlightAware to track a family member's flight, and the navaid names seemed sus. With a little searching I found out that the names I saw (ex: AAHOY, MAATY) were pretty typical.