Light Gun
A handheld
directional light signaling device which emits a brilliant narrow
beam of white, green, or red light as selected by the tower
controller. The color and type of light transmitted can be used to
approve or disapprove anticipated pilot actions where radio
communication is not available. The light gun is used for
controlling traffic operating in the vicinity of the airport and on
the airport movement area.
Aero-Linx:Bomber Command Museum
of Canada
Honouring all those associated with Bomber Command during WWII
and commemorating the activities of the British Commonwealth Air
Training Plan. The Nanton Lancaster Society was formed following
the Town of Nanton's suggestion in the fall of 1985 that perhaps a
group could be formed to, "take care of the Bomber" which had been
on outside display for twenty-five years. At this time virtually no
one had been in the aircraft since it had arrived and very little
was known, in Nanton, about the Lancaster or the history associated
with it.
"With more than 35 million Americans living in
hurricane-prone areas, we need the reliable, accurate data GOES
provide..."
Source: Gary Davis, director of the
Office of Systems Development at NOAA's Satellite and Information
Service. NASA and NOAA's latest Geostationary Operational
Environmental Satellite, GOES-15, has successfully completed five
months of on-orbit testing and has been accepted into service.
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