Stubby wrote:
I'll bet this happens a lot. "Hanscom" as in L.G. Hanscom Air Field
has been KBED, Bedford, for a long time. I believe it stopped being a
USAF air field in the 50's.

The reverse happens and the old name is forgotten. Nobody calls
Manchester (NH) "Grenier" anymore. And I believe Orlando used to be an
airbase.

Indeed, Orlando International used to be McCoy Air Force Base (after it
was Pine Castle Air Base, the Bell X-1 was glide tested there.). That's
why baggage tags still say MCO and the indetifier is KMCO. The other
airport (actally there are 4 airports which have Orlando in the name),
KORL is Orlando Executive, formerly Herdon. That's where I fly out of.

KMCO had one runway when I was a kid. The SAC base was on the West side
and the airport was on the East side, and they shut down the airport
when SAC scrambled their B-52s.

John Stevens
PP-ASEL