ANN Daily Touch-And-Go: 08.21.09 (ANN's
Short-Form Daily News Program)
ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 08.21.09 (ANN's Long-Form
Daily News Program)
ANN Special Feature: Larry Simburger - The Appeal of Ballooning -
08.21.09 (ANN Special Report, with Ballonist
Larry Simburger)
"Today, we remember those whose lives were lost on
December 21, 1988, and we extend our deepest sympathies to the
families who live each day with the loss of their loved ones due to
this heinous crime,"
Source: Secretary of Sate Hillary
Clinton
Traffic Alert and Collision
Avoidance System (TCAS)
TCAS is an airborne system developed by the FAA that operates
independently from the ground-based Air Traffic Control (ATC)
system. TCAS was designed to increase cockpit awareness of
proximate aircraft and to serve as a "last line of defense" for the
prevention of mid-air collisions.
Friday we have a story about the Defense Missile Agency firing
an airborne laser aboard a specially modified 747. The website
details how this technology is being devloped to keep our country
safe from missile attacks, where ever they may originate.
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