Posted on 09/05/2015 9:11:32 AM PDT by Crystal Palace East
The FAA is warning pilots flying in the Southeast that ADS-B and TCAS traffic avoidance technology will be disrupted the entire month of September from Virginia to Florida because of "military activities."
The National Business Aviation Association is complaining that such testing needs to be preceded by more warning. The FAA's NOTAM on the signal disruption was posted less than 24 hours before the tests started on September 2.
The NOTAM states that TCAS might fail to establish tracks on nearby aircraft and may not see aircraft that would normally trigger a TCAS resolution. False alerts, however, are not expected to be triggered during the military exercise.
The FAA is advising pilots flying in the affected area to "maintain increased visual awareness" and to treat all traffic alerts as real. If a pilot believes a midair collision was possible and no TCAS resolution advisory was issued, the FAA wants that information to be communicated to ATC.
Military is either:
1: Testing some new, very stealthy, very fast aircraft. Speed is indicated by size of test area.
2: Testing some new, very powerful radar / air defense avoidance technology. Power is indicated by size of test area.
3: Both
4; Getting ready to welcome Gort to a time share in Myrtle Beach
How stupid is this?
Rumor has it Klaatu will be retiring there.
Soviet Bear Bombers flying from Siberia to Cuba to Greet the Won?
TCAS disruption is a big deal....plus, I would much rather get a false alert than not receive an alert on real a conflict.
How stupid?
You need to ask?
It’s the gubernmt!
:)
It can be huge distraction, however. VFR around FRG or TEB is is useless due to so many false / no factor alerts.
Klatu, Verada. Niiktu?
Nanu Nanu.
BTW, did you ever wonder how no one had any idea of what “The Spaceman’ looked like, after he had been treated at Walter Reed for three days!
:)
Just saw The Day The Earth Stood Still for the first time. Rally surprised at how good a movie it was.
FRG? Federal Republic of Germany?
Classic.
Michael Rennie was ill
The Day the Earth Stood Still
But he told us where we stand.
And Flash Gordon was there
In silver underwear.
Claude Rains was The Invisible Man.
Then something went wrong
For Fay Wray and King Kong.
They got caught in a celluloid jam.
Then at a deadly pace
It Came From Outer Space
And this is how the message ran...
"Ceterum censeo 0bama esse delendam."
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
Russian Bear bombers flying along the coast. See King’s Bay. This is serious stuff.
” air defense avoidance technology”
I’ll go with this.
In simple terms, radar return masking via 3rd party device, IOW, broad area Stealth.
#10 You must have NOT watched the Keanu Reeves version!
It was the opposite of the original plus it had Keanu Reeves in it!
Just saw The Day The Earth Stood Still for the first time. Rally surprised at how good a movie it was
FRG = Farmingdale Airport. About 10 ENE of LaGuardia and JFK
yup........probably out od Eglin AFB..FL
Gee, my digital watch says it is September 5, 2525.
Hmmmm.
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