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- noun Plural form of
VOR .
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Examples
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I had studied and practiced navigation by radio beacons -- known as VORs -- and I knew very well that a VOR lay eight miles south of Montpelier.
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Give me a dead-reckoning heading, just something to play with till we get VORs.
A Lincoln Rhyme eBook Boxed Set Jeffery Deaver 2001
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VORs who despise the intended are usually too compromised to help.
Washington Post: Breaking News, World, US, DC News & Analysis Carolyn Hax 2012
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If one is trying to get from LaGuardia to O'Hare and there's a solid line of thunderstorms from Toronto to Atlanta topping 50,000 feet, it matters not whether the flight is navigating using VORs, GPS, Boy Scout compass, or taxiing on Interstate 80-you're NOT going to get through the weather, and there will be delays.
The Cranky Flier Miles 2010
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If one is trying to get from LaGuardia to O'Hare and there's a solid line of thunderstorms from Toronto to Atlanta topping 50,000 feet, it matters not whether the flight is navigating using VORs, GPS, Boy Scout compass, or taxiing on Interstate 80-you're NOT going to get through the weather, and there will be delays.
The Cranky Flier CF 2010
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VORs, and airspace boundaries, to quickly access further information.
Aero-News Network 2009
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VORs, and airspace boundaries, to quickly access further information.
Aero-News Network 2009
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VORs, and airspace boundaries, to quickly access further information.
Aero-News Network 2009
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VORs broadcast a VHF radio composite signal including the station's
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Two VOR receivers are best, but you can still identify an intersection with one VOR by switching the frequency and comparing the radials of both VORs.
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