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February 28, 2016

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (02.28.16): Automatic Terminal Information Service

Automatic Terminal Information Service The continuous broadcast of recorded noncontrol information in selected terminal areas. Its purpose is to improve controller effectiveness and to relieve frequency congestion by automating the repetitive transmission of essential but routine information; e.g., “Los Angeles information Alfa. One three zero zero Coordinated Universal Time. Weather, measured ceiling two thousand overcast, visibility three, haze, smoke, temperature seven one, dew point five seven, wind two five zero at five, altimeter two niner niner six. I-L-S Runway Two Five Left approach in use, Runway Two Five Right closed, advise you have Alfa.”

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (02.28.16)

Aero Linx: International Birddog Association The members and Board of Directors of the International Birddog Association·sincerely hope that you enjoy this site as it is dedicated to one of the greatest aircraft that has served the United States Military and military services around the world. The L-19 Birddog in it's original configurations and later models such as the O1 Birddogs in it's many configurations was for many years and many decades, the work horse, the eyes and ears, and the most famous observation aircraft the world has known. For this reason and for the thrill of actually piloting an

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Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (02.28.16)

“Because we’re seeing this jet when the Universe was less than three billion years old, the jet is about 150 times brighter in X-rays than it would be in the nearby Universe.” Source: Aurora Simionescu at JAXA’s Institute of Space and Astronautical Studies (ISAS), after astronomers used NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory to discover a jet from a very distant supermassive black hole being illuminated by the oldest light in the Universe.

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