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aerobubba(at)earthlink.ne
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 7:28 am Post subject: was static port & altimeter error, now radar services

Dale-



RE:



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		  In the US many or most approach control areas have radar altitude from their

ground system, independent of your on board encoder. Enroute seems to be a

different story.


	


I've not heard of such capability before so I called our friendly local, and brand-new high tech, approach facility here in Indy to ask them about radar derived altitude.  The answer was no, all they have is mode C capability.



As someone else commented, military facilities used to have PAR that could esentially derive altitude along a specific range, but I'm not sure those facilities are up and running any more. 



Regardz-



gm

Glen Matejcek

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aerobubba(at)earthlink.ne
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Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 9:51 am Post subject: was static port & altimeter error, now radar services

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As someone else commented, military facilities used to have PAR that could esentially

derive altitude along a specific range, but I'm not sure those facilities

are up and running any more. 


	


I got in touch w/ some friends and learned that GCA is increasingly rare in the US,but is still used elsewhere in the world,and that civil A/C do use these approaches.



FWIW-



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Kellym

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Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 8:55 pm Post subject: was static port & altimeter error, now radar services

Last I knew Luke AFB had one at their Aux 1 field along with an ILS for 

F-16 training. Eielson AFB in AK had one when I left their in '92 and 

they would allow civil planes to fly it for practice with something like 

100 ft AGL restriction flying over their runway.

Glen Matejcek wrote:

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> As someone else commented, military facilities used to have PAR that could esentially

> derive altitude along a specific range, but I'm not sure those facilities

> are up and running any more. 

>     

 I got in touch w/ some friends and learned that GCA is increasingly rare in the US,but is still used elsewhere in the world,and that civil A/C do use these approaches.

 FWIW-

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