Non existent VOR

It must be George Bush's fault, you know that FEMA and
Homeland Security follow President Bush's evil plans. They
must be planning to have Teddy Kennedy fly into the Bermuda
Triangle due to lack of guidance.


"john smith" wrote in message
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|I flew from Ohio to Florida early this week. The third leg
was from
| Valdosta (KVLD) GA to West Palm Beach (KPBI) FL.
| My originally filed route was amended twice before I got
25 miles. JAX
| Center gave me PHK (Pahokee VOR) as my final fix before
KPBI.
| As I was nearing the east shore of Lake Okeechobee, the
approach
| controller asked me if I was going direct to some
intersection.
| I responded that I was flying direct PHK.
| He then told me PHK had disappeared in one of the
hurricanes last year.
| I told him that I was going to ask if any had reported
that the VOR was
| out of service, as I had not been receiving any signal on
the nav
| receiver.
| There was no NOTAM in any of my briefings, center gave me
an amended
| clearance with the fix included, and it is charted on the
new charts
| (IFR and Sectionals).
| Only the local controllers told seem to know the navaid
did not exist.
| This one gets a NASA Form 277.