GEG Traditional Cache
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Ever wonder why the FAA Location ID for the Spokane International Airport is GEG?
Known as Sunset Field before 1941, it was purchased from the county by the War Department and renamed Geiger Field after Major Harold Geiger, an Army aviation pioneer who died in a crash in 1927.
During World War II, Geiger Field was a major training base by Second Air Force as a group training airfield for B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombardment units, with new aircraft being obtained from Boeing near Seattle. It was also used by Air Technical Service Command as an aircraft maintenance and supply depot; auxiliary airfields were located at Deer Park Airport and Felts Field.
Geiger was closed in late 1945 and turned over to War Assets Administration (WAA) for disposal, then transferred to Spokane County and developed into a commercial airport. The airport hosted USAF Air Defense Command interceptor units during the Cold War; used for air defense of Hanford Nuclear Reservation and Grand Coulee Dam. Built in 1942 as the Spokane Air Depot, Fairchild Air Force Base is located just four miles (7 km) to the west. It was designated Spokane's municipal airport in 1946, replacing Felts Field, and received its present name in 1960.
Worked a few years ago for Spokane Airways just up the street. Nothing is as exhilarating as driving trucks along the airstrips while planes are taking off and landing. Every time I am in the area caching or making a dump run, the kids want to watch the planes take off and land so we thought it was a good place to plant our first cache. You can see muggles coming from far away in all directions. Cache is a medium size can painted black with a green Geo sticker on the top. Filled with several plane related items and other items for the kids. Also included is an Air Force Geocoin and jet plane TB to move along.
After replacing the cache, make a short trip to the end of the road and watch a plane or two take off or land. There is even a parking lot if you want to watch longer.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Trbetr J. OHFU jnf na S-102 cvybg.
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