Most Air Traffic Control Buildings Have Exceeded Their Planned
Useful Life
A report requested by Rep. Jim Oberstar, D-MN and chairman of
the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, was
released Wednesday by the Transportation Department's Inspector
General's office, painting a grim assessment of the physical
condition of the nation's air traffic control facilities.
Honoring the legacy of the men and women at Groom Lake and on
the NASA High Range in Nevada the battleground of the Cold War.
This site is dedicated to the memories of our band of brothers,
especially those we lost in the CIA U-2 and A-12 Projects Aquatone
and OXCART at Groom Lake, during Operation Black Shield at Kadena,
Okinawa, and on the NASA High Range.
Airport Traffic Control Tower. A terminal facility that uses
air/ground communications, visual signaling, and other devices to
provide ATC services to aircraft operating in the vicinity of an
airport or on the movement area.
"This was an unpleasant display of somebody thinking
they were more special than others."
Source: Winnebago County Assistant District
Attorney Adam Levin, during Friday's court hearing into a DUI
incident involving airshow performer Patty Wagstaff this past
summer at AirVenture 2008. Wagstaff pleaded no contest to
first-offense drunken driving and a misdemeanor charge of resisting
an officer. Winnebago County Circuit Court Judge Barbara Key
sentenced Wagstaff to pay $500 in fines plus court costs, and
revoked her driver's license for eight months.
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