The many faces of evil…
June 4th, 2007This one is for the aviation psych geeks: The famous approach into Runway 16 at Portsmouth. Yes, this is a real chart, and there are many more like it.

If you don’t get the joke, click here and read the catch phrases in the box on the right side.
PS. The arbitrary nature of airspace markers is actually a serious concern for aviation psychologists, particularly when foreign aviators have to grapple with these cutesy little phonetic games. Fortunately, ITAWA, ITAWT, and TATT are something of an exception. Most identifiers with similarly pronounceable names aren’t so close to each other.