# Mickey Mouse--why Topolino?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mickey-mouse-why-topolino/602675>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 12, 2011, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mickey-mouse-why-topolino/602675 "2011-11-12T07:36:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mickey-mouse-why-topolino/602675/8 "2011-11-12T22:40:46Z")

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Pilots’ inside joke: [Here’s the chart](http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/1111/00678R16.PDF) for the GPS approach to Runway 16 at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Waypoints have 5-letter names. On this approach, in order, they’re ITAWT, ITAWA, PUDYE, and TTATT. The missed-approach waypoint? IDEED.

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