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by Ryan Geckler
Thu May 01, 2014 4:40 am
Forum: Pilots
Topic: ZLA Ground Stop
Replies: 13
Views: 6951

Re: ZLA Ground Stop

I was told they lost both ERAM and EBUS (the new DARC system)... so they had primary radar but no secondary radar. TRACONs/Towers were unaffected as far as I know.

This is why controllers still learn non-radar ;)
by Ryan Geckler
Sun Mar 23, 2014 8:44 am
Forum: General
Topic: Various + Military Specific Questions
Replies: 8
Views: 4085

Re: Various + Military Specific Questions

Regarding "squawk tactical": Most of these things are classified information, but my best educated guess is that it's a specific beacon code assigned by Letter of Agreement between the facility and the military unit.
by Ryan Geckler
Sat Mar 22, 2014 6:17 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Various + Military Specific Questions
Replies: 8
Views: 4085

Re: Various + Military Specific Questions

March is towered, Edwards is not.
by Ryan Geckler
Sat Mar 15, 2014 6:50 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Helicopter flight in Urbanized areas
Replies: 6
Views: 3383

Re: Helicopter flight in Urbanized areas

None, provided you stay away from controlled airspace.
by Ryan Geckler
Sat Feb 08, 2014 3:59 pm
Forum: Workshops
Topic: Upcoming workshops?
Replies: 28
Views: 49904

Re: Upcoming workshops?

And if someone was climing to FL460 there would be some broken regulations ;)
by Ryan Geckler
Thu Oct 03, 2013 5:04 pm
Forum: Pilots
Topic: Call sign advice
Replies: 4
Views: 7457

Re: Call sign advice

But Keith, we can't see flight plan remarks ;)
by Ryan Geckler
Mon Sep 09, 2013 12:37 pm
Forum: Pilots
Topic: The "Class C Loophole" - Use it or no?
Replies: 4
Views: 2274

Re: The "Class C Loophole" - Use it or no?

If we say your call sign, you have established communications, thereby meeting the requirement. If we say "aircraft calling, standby", you cannot enter. The book is correct.
by Ryan Geckler
Tue Aug 20, 2013 7:31 am
Forum: General
Topic: Wishing PE was a little bigger, a little sooner
Replies: 23
Views: 9021

Re: Wishing PE was a little bigger, a little sooner

I'm obviously not going to be an official commentator on the cost (since I don't know dev costs), but if we hypothetically expanded to all ARTCCs, you would need to pay a very large sum of money simply for FAA data that we use. It doesn't come cheap. Then factor in controllers to staff the facility ...
by Ryan Geckler
Tue Jul 16, 2013 6:35 pm
Forum: Pilots
Topic: Is ATIS broadcast regularly in PE?
Replies: 10
Views: 6122

Re: Is ATIS broadcast regularly in PE?

We use real-time METARs.
by Ryan Geckler
Sat Jul 13, 2013 5:50 pm
Forum: Pilots
Topic: What happened to aircharts.org?
Replies: 4
Views: 2628

Re: What happened to aircharts.org?

I'll let one of the devs know.