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January 13, 2013

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (01.13.13): NonApproach Control Tower

NonApproach Control Tower Authorizes aircraft to land or takeoff at the airport controlled by the tower or to transit the Class D airspace. The primary function of a nonapproach control tower is the sequencing of aircraft in the traffic pattern and on the landing area. Nonapproach control towers also separate aircraft operating under instrument flight rules clearances from approach controls and centers. They provide ground control services to aircraft, vehicles, personnel, and equipment on the airport movement area.

Aero Linx: Light Sport Aircraft Registration If you purchased a newly manufactured Light-Sport aircraft that is to be certificated as an experimental light-sport aircraft under 14 CFR 21.191(i)(2) a special light sport aircraft under 14 CFR 21.190 Then you must provide the following: Light-Sport Aircraft Manufacturer's Affidavit, Form AC 8050-88A, or its equivalent, completed by the light-sport aircraft manufacturer, unless previously submitted to the Registry by the manufacturer...

"DISCOVER-AQ is collecting data that will prepare us to make better observations from space, as well as determine the best mix of observations to have at the surface when we have new satellite instruments in orbit . NASA is planning to launch that satellite instrument, called TEMPO, in 2017." Source: James Crawford, the mission's principal investigator at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., commenting on a multi-year NASA airborne science mission that is on its way to California to help scientists better understand how to measure and forecast air quality globally from space.