GCW1V9 Charlie November Yankee Three - 1st in a series (Unknown Cache) in Ontario, Canada created by murf troup

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A cache by murf troup Message this owner

Hidden : 5/14/2006

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Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The cache container is a blue-lidded sandwich box containing several neat aviation pins and a TB that is part of The Great Canadian travelbug race, I'm sure it shall win since it is a fast looking plane. Trading aviation items is prefered.

Fly or drive to CNY3, once there you will find the cache by understanding a little bit about runways and windsocks. To find the cache follow the tip of the windsock as it would be if the wind was favoring runway 13. The cache is located just outside of airport property. Be sure to decript the additional hint, you will need to use all info together to find this cache.

THE POSTED COORDINATES ARE THE LOCATION OF THE AIRPORT AS POSTED IN THE CANADIAN FLIGHT SUPPLEMENT (not coordinates of the actual cache)

MAKE SURE THAT YOU RECORD THE CLUE WRITTEN UNDER THE LID OF THIS CACHE AS IT WILL BE USEFUL FOR A CACHE TO BE PLACE IN THE FUTURE. WATCH FOR OUR AVIATION FINAL COMING TO AN AIRPORT SOMEWHERE IN ONTARIO BEFORE SUMMER ENDS.

Also watch for GCW1XK Blue Skies for #2 in this series.

Ground School 101: Understanding runways & windsocks.

Runways are numbered using reference to magnetic degress, for example a runway running straight N-S will be numbered 18-36 which represents 180 deg and 360 deg. If you look at the numbers on this runway you will see that #18 is at the North end of the runway. What? Confusing at first, but if you are sitting in a plane at the north end of the runway ready to takeoff you are facing south and your compass heading will be 180 degrees, therefore you are using runway 18, and conversely if you are starting your take off run from the south end you are facing 360 deg mag and are using runway 36.

Now how does a pilot know what runway to use, should you takeoff/land to the north (36) or the south (18). You should always takeoff into the wind as wind helps to provide lift and get you airborn quicker, when landing into the wind, the wind is usefull to help slow you down both in the air & after touchdown.

Remember in 2005 when an airline went off the runway at Pearson International. This happened because the wind direction abruptly changed (with an approaching thunderstorm) causing the airplane to land with the wind behind it (instead of into the wind). This caused it to 'land long' on the runway leaving not enough runway to get stopped in time.

Small airports will have 1 runway usually aligned with the prevailing winds, large airports will have 2 running perpendicular to each other. Thus if you are at a airport with only one runway you may have days you can not safely fly because of a strong crosswind, at a airport with perpendicular runways you will always choose the runway that favors takingoff/landing into the wind.

WINDSOCKS are located near the runway. They are free to spin around and will blow out with the narrow end pointing in the direction that the wind is blowing towards. If there is little or no wind the airsock will hang limp, a light breeze will hold it out a little and a 15 knot wind will put it straight out. Weather reports look like this 18003kt, this means that the wind is blowing from 180 degrees (the south)at a speed of 3 knots (nautical miles/hour). Thus the wind is favoring runway 18 and the plane would take off to the south.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

-Shgher nve cbvagf gurer.

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)