Aero-News: Quote of the Day

ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and issues.

Sometimes, you'll find them timely and in keeping with the content of the day's news... and sometimes, they'll just be thought-provoking.

Reader suggestions and comments are welcome... and if particularly intriguing, timely, or poignant, may themselves become future Quotes of the Day.

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"These sorts of alerts are not uncommon, but usually happen in airports when someone has accidentally activated a transponder. Most of these are false alarms, but we check them out anyway. By morning, we had narrowed the signal to an apartment, and later to a point on the wall of the apartment where the TV was located."

Source: Benton County (OR) emergency manager Mike Bamberger, after discovering a flat-screen television that was broadcasting on 121.5 MHz -- the emergency frequency commonly known as "Guard." The TV belongs to a college student who's been told in no uncertain terms to turn it off.

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