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AVL expanded Class C airspace
At breakfast this morning, I mentioned I'd asked Ricky, the AVL controller, how ADS-B Out was affecting his day-to-day operations.? He said previously their aircraft position information was restricted to primary radar echoes and Mode C transmissions, both limited by the mountains at AVL.? With the addition of ADS-B ground stations, he said ATC now receives near real time aircraft position information from ADS-B Out-equipped aircraft over a much wider area.? With this additional coverage,?there had been discussion of expanding the AVL Class C shelf to as much as 20-25 nautical miles from the current 10 nm.? I'm not aware of any current Class C airspace shelves that extend more than 10 nm, but there is an FAA proposal to grow the Fort Lauderdale (FLL) Class C shelf to 25 nm (see?).? Any change would be years away, but I'm not surprised. Brian |
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Re: ADS-B is done today!
Super secret, huh?? It's good to know people "in the know"! On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 3:10 PM Alex Nelon <Alex.nelon@...> wrote: Finally .. the ADS-B is done. I'm using the UAT/SkyFX combination. The big holdup was the transponder monitor threshold .. not sure what that means, but it's something that can be adjusted and the default value is 1550. When the first test flights didn't result in a good report, Dick Gagliardi and Steve Murray pointed me toward the "advanced" menu which is locate in a super secret place and had me lower it in increments of 100 .. at 1350, it's good. At last. I might have to do a touch&go at AVL just because I can. |
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ADS-B is done today!
Finally .. the ADS-B is done. I'm using the UAT/SkyFX combination. The big holdup was the transponder monitor threshold .. not sure what that means, but it's something that can be adjusted and the default value is 1550. When the first test flights didn't result in a good report, Dick Gagliardi and Steve Murray pointed me toward the "advanced" menu which is locate in a super secret place and had me lower it in increments of 100 .. at 1350, it's good. At last. I might have to do a touch&go at AVL just because I can.
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Re: Safety pilot today?
Fingers crossed ... On Thu, Jan 9, 2020 at 5:12 PM Brian Leverson <sotatwin@...> wrote:
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Re: Safety pilot today?
Glad to hear you're making progress!? Hopefully, the weather will allow you to finish it off tomorrow. On Thu, Jan 9, 2020 at 4:30 PM Alex Nelon <Alex.nelon@...> wrote: 3 Great Flights today - 2 with Mark in the Glastar and the RV-8, and one by my lonesome to bring the CallAir back from its annual at Transy .. The ADS-B is still giving me a red card on my baro altitude reporting but it's better than before and I've applied a further tweak per Dick Gagliardi and Steve ... will try again tomorrow .. |
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Re: Safety pilot today?
3 Great Flights today - 2 with Mark in the Glastar and the RV-8, and one by my lonesome to bring the CallAir back from its annual at Transy .. The ADS-B is still giving me a red card on my baro altitude reporting but it's better than before and I've applied a further tweak per Dick Gagliardi and Steve ... will try again tomorrow ..
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Re: Safety pilot today?
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-------- Original message -------- From: Alex Nelon <Alex.nelon@...> Date: 1/9/20 8:24 AM (GMT-05:00) Subject: [fairweatherflyers] Safety pilot today? Looking for a safety pilot to keep watch while I try to tweak the ADS-B in flight this morning.?
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