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Baddeck Fun Run: Field Puzzle: First Flight Mystery Cache

Hidden : 9/7/2020
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:


Cache is hidden in conjunction with the Oct 11, 2020, Baddeck Community Celebration event (GC8HJEY).  There will be a letter and number to take note of in the cache for the day's event, and a bag of cards in individual envelops.  Please take one to take part in the poker game at the end of the caching day at 4:00 p.m.  

Now about the puzzle: 

The posted coordinates take you to a monument in the middle of the village commemorating the First Aeroplane Flight in the British Empire by the Aerial Experiment Association founded by Alexander Graham Bell.  There are 13 lines of text in the main part of the plaque starting with the word "commemorating" and ending with the word "acknowledged."  To determine the final coordinates you must determine A,B,C,D,E,F. 

The final cache can be found at N 46 06.ABC W 060 45.DEF. 

A = number of letters in first word of third line. 

B = second number in fifth line

C = sum of first two numbers found in line ten

D = third number in fifth line

E = number of letters in second word of 13th line

F = fifth number in line ten

 

Checksum: 

N = 27

W = 23

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

js nzzb

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)