What's in a Name? Mystery Cache
Mr.Charlie: It looks like this cache has flown away.
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The cache is not at the listed
coordinates. You will need to read the description below to solve
for the correct coordinates.
My name is Don. I have this friend, and he has a problem. Now I
know that when most people say that their friend has a problem it
is really them that has the problem and they just made up the
friend because they are too embarrassed to admit it is really them
with the problem. Not this time. My friend is just as real as I
am.
My friend is named Gordy Ennot. He has a tough problem and he asked
me to help him solve it. I can’t figure it out. It’s
too hard for me, so I’m posting it here in the hopes that
somebody else can solve it. You don’t really get anything for
it but the satisfaction of a job well done. That and my eternal
thanks.
Gordy and I have known each other since grade school. Fourth grade
I think, but it may have been earlier. Over the years we have met
lots of other people and become friends with some of them. Some
still keep in touch, others we haven’t heard from in years.
Anyway, Gordy went all over the country with some friends we met in
college to catch up with everyone. Ben Dayer and Don Datt had known
each other since grade school too. Nice guys. They used to write
letters, but since they learned to fly they don't have much time
for letters.
Ben and Don are pilots and own a Cessna 172. The tail number is
sort of a funny story. Every plane gets a registration number. Sort
of like a license plate number that’s painted on the side.
They requested N8822T from the FAA. When air-traffic control first
contacts your plane they use the whole N-number. In this case it
would be November Eight Eight Two Two Tango. (November and Tango
are the phonetic alphabet equivalent of the letters N and T.) After
the first time that just gets to be too much to say every time so
they only use the last three digits. In this case, the controller
has to keep referring to Ben and Don’s plane as
Two-Two–Tango. Get it? Two to tango? Well, they thought it
was pretty funny. Anyway, that’s neither here nor
there.
The three of them went to catch up with friends all over the
country. The strange thing is, none of these people lived in large
cities. But that is ok, Ben and Don’s plane is pretty small
and they can’t fly into very big airports anyway. They flew
into a bunch of small local airports. Somewhere along the way Gordy
lost his luggage. That is when he called me.
I asked him for the details of his trip hoping I could help him
track down his suitcase. He told me everything he remembered and
now I’ll pass it on to you. Maybe you can find Gordy’s
suitcase. He said it is a regular sized black case with a name tag
on it. It’s not a Mike Rowe kind of suitcase, but it’s
not a huge thing since there wasn’t much room on the plane.
It just looks like a suitcase is all.
They first place they flew was Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. They
landed at the big airport, Shippensburg Airport, not the little
one. Our friend Adam Baum is living there. He works as a Physics
Professor at Shippensburg University. Sal Minella went to our grade
school and runs the cafeteria there. After that they flew all the
way down to Chisholm, TX and landed at Klutts Field. They spent a
few days with Jack Tupp who owns a garage down there. I always
thought he was pretty uncoordinated, but he seems to be doing
pretty well for himself. Then they flew to Waco, TX and landed at
Wings for Christ International Flight Academy. This guy we knew,
Xavier Zoll, is learning how to fly because he scored some
missionary position and needs to get his pilot’s license.
After that it was back up to Pennsylvania to visit this cop they
know in Brogue. They flew into Baublitz Commercial Airport and
spent a week with Laura Norder. She is married to some lawyer named
Lou Pole. Supposedly he is a pretty clever guy and wins most of his
cases. Then they flew across the state to Hookstown. They landed at
Hanny Beaver Airpark. (No, those aren’t r’s. I’m
not going for cheap laughs here, that’s really the name. Look
it up if you don’t believe me.) This jerk we went to high
school with runs a bar in Hookstown. His name is Wayne Kerr. This
girl Gordy used to date in high school, Nora Speckt, is living with
him. A girl I dated in high school, Faye Kinnet, is working as a
waitress there. I’m not sure why Gordy wanted to relive any
of that, but I guess it’s his problem. Then it was down to
North Carolina to visit a guy who bought a farm outside Tryon. They
landed at the Wheat Field, but not his field, that’s really
the name of the local airstrip down there. Stan Still was never
much for adventure. I’m glad he found his calling. Speaking
of buying the farm, the last stop was back towards home in Plano,
IL to visit three guys from school that opened a funeral parlor of
all things. Doug and Phil DeGrave went into the mortuary business
with Paul Bearer. When Ben and Don landed at Wiley Updike in Plano
is when Gordy noticed his luggage was missing.
Anyway, that is the story. Gordy is pretty sure that the
information needed to navigate to his suitcase is contained in the
story above. He knows for a fact it is located on public property.
He’s just not sure where. I really appreciate any help you
can offer.
Thanks much,
Don Kashane
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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