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Kirk Applauds Senate Passage of Bill to Enhance Passenger and Airline Safety (Mark Kirk)

Edit Public Technologies 20 Apr 2016
Enhancing the Safety and Security of Our Aviation Infrastructure In response to Senator Kirk's call to immediately review security procedures following the 2014 attack on the Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) in Aurora, Ill., that caused the cancellation of more than 3,900 flights, disrupted radar communications nationwide and cost the ......

Request for Proposals - Fixed Based Operator at Amelia Earhart Airport (City of Atchison, KS) ...

Edit Public Technologies 01 Feb 2016
(Source. City of Atchison, KS) e397a480-85ca-4db3-bc40-574fe6906e92.pdf REQUEST FOR. PROPOSALS. Fixed Base Operator Atchison, Kansas. Amelia Earhart Municipal Airport. 16701 286th Rd CONTENTS. SECTION ONE AIRPORT & COMMUNITY INFORMATION. SECTION TWO FIXED BASE OPERATOR & SCOPE OF SERVICES. SECTION THREE QUALIFICATIONS. SECTION FOUR PROPOSAL. SECTION FIVE APPENDICES. SECTION ONE - AIRPORT & COMMUNITY INFORMATION. PURPOSE ... St ... K59 ... ARTCC....

Upgrading Helicopters to 8.33 kHz Spacing is Cost-Effective with New European Approvals (Garmin Ltd)

Edit Public Technologies 28 Oct 2015
(Source. Garmin Ltd). Garmin is pleased to announce installation of the GNC 255 NAV/COM and GTR 225 COM series is easier and more cost-effective for European-registered helicopters ... When manually tuning a frequency, the reverse lookup function displays the airport identifier or NAVAID, allowing pilots to easily locate the frequency of the nearest airport, air route traffic control center (ARTCC), flight service station and more ... (noodl....

Garmin® Automated Logbook Syncs Across Garmin Pilot™ iOS Devices and flyGarmin (Garmin Ltd)

Edit Public Technologies 16 Jul 2015
(Source. Garmin Ltd) Dateline. ... OLATHE, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ ... Automated Logbook ... Likewise, logbook entries made within flyGarmin are also saved and synced within Garmin Pilot ... Pilots can also quickly locate Visual Reporting Points (VRPs), Air Route Traffic Control Centers (ARTCCs) and their associated frequencies, as well as nearest airspace for added situational awareness ... (Nasdaq....

FCC Adopts Part 4 Improvements Item (FCC - Federal Communications Commission)

Edit noodls 30 Mar 2015
(Source. FCC - Federal Communications Commission). Federal Communications Commission. FCC 15-39. Before the. Federal Communications Commission. Washington, D.C. 20554. In the Matter of. ). ). Amendments to Part 4 of the Commission's Rules ... Control Center (ARTCC) or airport to lose its radar; (iii) has caused a loss of both primary and backup. facilities at any ARTCC or airport; or (iv) has affected an ARTCC or airport that is deemed important by....

Federal Aviation Administration awards oceanic data link services contract to Rockwell Collins (Rockwell Collins Inc)

Edit noodls 17 Mar 2015
Rockwell Collins' ARINC data link service enables standard procedural requests, like altitude changes, to be communicated via data transmissions between the FAA's air route traffic control centers (ARTCCs) in Anchorage, New York, and Oakland and flight crews on future air navigation system (FANS) equipped aircraft.  The service also allows ......

Paragon Completes Record-Breaking Near-Space Dive Via High-Altitude Balloon

Edit Business Wire 25 Oct 2014
Eustace broke several records, including national record for highest exit altitude; world and national record for free fall under a drogue chute; national record for vertical speed. Additionally, he became the second person to break the sound barrier outside an aircraft ... “I always wondered ... ILC Dover ... Dr ... Dr ... Worth MIDO; Lubbock FSDO; Albuquerque ARTCC; Ft. Worth ARTCC; CSA Service Center; and FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation ... ....

PASS Statement on Reopening of Chicago Center

Edit PR Newswire 13 Oct 2014
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Mike Perrone, national president of the Professional Aviation Safety Specialists, AFL-CIO (PASS), the union that represents Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) technical employees, released the following statement upon the reopening of the Chicago Air Route Traffic Control Center (ZAU ARTCC). ... For more information, visit the PASS website at www.passnational.org. Contact ... ....

FAA Statement on MITRE's Independent Assessment and Recommendations for NextGen (FAA - Federal Aviation Administration)

Edit noodls 09 Oct 2014
MITRE discusses the need for better NAS-wide integration of NextGen concepts--including policies, procedures, and training-if we are to achieve NextGen's benefits.  This is an ongoing activity, the importance of which is without question.  And our immediate activity to undertake a 30-day review stemming from the Chicago ARTCC incident ......

Kirk to FAA Administrator Huerta: Keep Chicago's Passengers On Time and In The Sky [press_release] (Mark Kirk)

Edit noodls 06 Oct 2014
Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) toured the Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) in Aurora today with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Huerta in order to hear directly from the FAA about their plans to repair the damage the ARTCC incurred on September 26th, and to ask specifically what the Administration is doing to ensure timely arrival and departure times for those traveling to and from Illinois....

>A Single Fire Can Cripple America’s Aging Air-Traffic System. Here’s Why

Edit Wired News 26 Sep 2014
Beyond that, aircraft are managed by one of 22 air route traffic control centers (ARTCC) ... The Aurora ARTCC is responsible for 91,000 square miles, an area that covers five states and hundreds of airports ... Programs are underway to modernize the ARTCCs, allowing them to work with aircraft well beyond their geographical purview....

NTSB Cites Crew, Controller in Deadly 2013 Dillingham Crash

Edit MSNBC 11 Aug 2014
“The published minimum safe altitude while flying in the holding pattern is 4,300 feet (above mean sea level).” An NTSB log of transmissions shortly after between the ARTCC and the ACE Air Cargo flight, with the call sign Ace Air 51 or AER51, lists the plane at an altitude below those approved minimums ... Maintain [ARTCC controller dialing the DLG FSS] two thousand (feet) until a published segment of the approach Ace Air fifty one....

Did an old spy plane disable air traffic control computers?

Edit Atlanta Journal 04 May 2014
A recent computer glitch that caused flight delays throughout Southern California may have been caused by a relic from the Cold War — a U-2 spy plane ... The Los Angeles ARTCC handles higher-altitude aircraft traffic in southern and central California, southern Nevada, southwestern Utah and western Arizona ... 30.". So far there's been no official word from the FAA or Los Angeles ARTCC on the cause of the downed computer system. ....
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