"EGMA" Traditional Cache
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Cache N Dash nano on B1368 just outside Fowlmere, Cambs
Magnetic nano placed almost at one end of the runway of Fowlmere airport but on the B1368. There is a place to tuck the car off the road, be careful it is quite a fast road, and it should be a pretty easy find, sign and replace.
In 8 months of living in Fowlmere I have seen 2 planes taking off or landing so I wouldn't kill too much time waiting to see one, it's not exactly Heathrow! Every airport in the world has a unique four letter code and Fowlmere's is EGMA. Brief history:
World War II caused a great increase in international flying which sparked concerns over safety and communication. After the war, under the auspices of the UN, regions were defined for the purposes of controlling traffic and making airport identification simple and clear. The regions were given the name FIR (Flight Information Region).
Since the Allied military had done so much of the long-range wartime flying, English became the primary language of international air traffic control. Allied influence also had a hand in some of the code selections. There was also the influence of existing national radio station codes. For example, stations in Canada were already starting with "C", so it seemed logical to begin Canadian airport identifiers that way, such as CYQM for Moncton. Most other identifiers have less recognizable phonetic connection.
Europe was going to be "E", but there were too many locations for only one starting letter. So "E" became mostly northern Europe, with the second letter defining further; EGxx for Great Britain, EDxx for Deutschland, etc. "L" became lower Europe, such as LFxx for France, although France could be thought of as both northern and southern.
Anyway, enough boring aviation stuff, go find the cache, hopefully a nice easy one...
Additional Hints
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Gbb rnfl nyernql!