Airbus wrote:
> We all know the FAA has gone to some lengths to create some wistful,
> humorous or otherwise place-significant intersection names. BOSOX outside
> Boston, RIBBS, MILLER, LYYTE - some less funny GRAVE, SORRY -
>
> How does one suggest an intersection/fix name to the FAA?
> I would recommend changing the GRABB intersection (not very
> complimentary) outside Northampton, Mass to PLATH, in honor of one of the
> most renowned literature professors to inhabit this illustrious college
> town.
>

PLATH is already in use:

N 44 41 06.0

W 73 31 21.2

We all know the FAA has gone to some lengths to create some wistful,
humorous or otherwise place-significant intersection names. BOSOX outside
Boston, RIBBS, MILLER, LYYTE - some less funny GRAVE, SORRY -

How does one suggest an intersection/fix name to the FAA?
I would recommend changing the GRABB intersection (not very
complimentary) outside Northampton, Mass to PLATH, in honor of one of the
most renowned literature professors to inhabit this illustrious college
town.

> >PLATH is already in use:
>
> >N 44 41 06.0
>
> >W 73 31 21.2
>
> You sure about that?

Yup, this is right. It's an RNAV intersection directly on top of the
PLB VOR.
Gerd

In article >, says...
>
>
>Airbus wrote:
>> We all know the FAA has gone to some lengths to create some wistful,
>> humorous or otherwise place-significant intersection names. BOSOX outside
>> Boston, RIBBS, MILLER, LYYTE - some less funny GRAVE, SORRY -
>>
>> How does one suggest an intersection/fix name to the FAA?
>> I would recommend changing the GRABB intersection (not very
>> complimentary) outside Northampton, Mass to PLATH, in honor of one of the
>> most renowned literature professors to inhabit this illustrious college
>> town.
>>
>
>PLATH is already in use:
>
>N 44 41 06.0
>
>W 73 31 21.2

You sure about that?
I may be wrong, but I do not see any fix with that name in that location - or
in any other location, for that matter. Also, Airnav.com does not recognize
this name as an identifier for any fix or intersection.

Airbus wrote:
> In article >, says...
>
>>
>>Airbus wrote:
>>
>>>We all know the FAA has gone to some lengths to create some wistful,
>>>humorous or otherwise place-significant intersection names. BOSOX outside
>>>Boston, RIBBS, MILLER, LYYTE - some less funny GRAVE, SORRY -
>>>
>>>How does one suggest an intersection/fix name to the FAA?
>>>I would recommend changing the GRABB intersection (not very
>>>complimentary) outside Northampton, Mass to PLATH, in honor of one of the
>>>most renowned literature professors to inhabit this illustrious college
>>>town.
>>>
>>
>>PLATH is already in use:
>>
>>N 44 41 06.0
>>
>>W 73 31 21.2
>
>
> You sure about that?
> I may be wrong, but I do not see any fix with that name in that location - or
> in any other location, for that matter. Also, Airnav.com does not recognize
> this name as an identifier for any fix or intersection.
>

It is in the current Garmin database.

Perhaps it is one of those fixes no longer used for anything but not
cancelled by the FAA.

That doesn happen.

In article >, says...
>
>
>Airbus wrote:
>> In article >, says...
>>
>>>
>>>Airbus wrote:
>>>
>>>>We all know the FAA has gone to some lengths to create some wistful,
>>>>humorous or otherwise place-significant intersection names. BOSOX outside
>>>>Boston, RIBBS, MILLER, LYYTE - some less funny GRAVE, SORRY -
>>>>
>>>>How does one suggest an intersection/fix name to the FAA?
>>>>I would recommend changing the GRABB intersection (not very
>>>>complimentary) outside Northampton, Mass to PLATH, in honor of one of the
>>>>most renowned literature professors to inhabit this illustrious college
>>>>town.
>>>>
>>>
>>>PLATH is already in use:
>>>
>>>N 44 41 06.0
>>>
>>>W 73 31 21.2
>>
>>
>> You sure about that?
>> I may be wrong, but I do not see any fix with that name in that location -
or
>> in any other location, for that matter. Also, Airnav.com does not recognize
>> this name as an identifier for any fix or intersection.
>>
>
>It is in the current Garmin database.
>
>Perhaps it is one of those fixes no longer used for anything but not
>cancelled by the FAA.
>
>That doesn happen.



Maybe a mistake in the Garmin database?
It is not charted by Jep or NACA.
If you are expressing deg min sec it is on top of the PLB VOR. Do you see a lot
of RNAV fixes co-located with VOR's? Isn't the VOR identifier sufficient? If
you are expressing decimal LAT/LON, as it appears, it is in Lake Champlain. Is
it a "custom" waypoint, offered at no extra charge by Garmin?

In a previous article, gwengler > said:
>> >PLATH is already in use:
>> >N 44 41 06.0
>> >W 73 31 21.2
>>
>> You sure about that?
>
>Yup, this is right. It's an RNAV intersection directly on top of the
>PLB VOR.

It's not in the FAA ATA-100 database.



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