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FAA Computer Glitch WASHINGTON — A failure early Thursday morning of a system that feeds flight plans to air traffic controllers snarled thousands of flights in the eastern United States. By mid-morning the system was working again, but the backlog caused wide airport delays. The same system failed in August 2008, but it was not clear if the cause was the same this time. The system, the National Airspace Data Interchange Network, situated in Atlanta with a backup in Salt Lake City, was a casualty of another failure in the tightly linked, one official at the Federal Aviation Administration said. Technicians were still trying ... Read Full Story
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A computer glitch at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has caused the automated flight plan system to crash, forcing airports to revert back to manually entering the flight takeoff and landing data. This caused airports around the country to slow down to around 40%-50% of what they could accomplish in a day. All of their flights have been delayed, and some even canceled. Officials are not sure what caused this crash, but they say this system is the same one that previously crashed in August of 2008. “The system — the National Airspace Data Interchange Network, or NADIN — appears to be the same ... Read Full Story
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Although the parties are technically still in “consultation,” it appears that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will eventually issue a favorable decision on a new crosswind runway at Taos Regional Airport — despite objections from Taos Pueblo.  
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WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration is blaming an equipment outage this week for delaying 819 flights. The agency told employees in a briefing memo Friday that air travelers experienced a total of 2,121 delays the previous day due to...  
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While the number of permitted unmanned aircraft operations in commercial airspace has tripled since 2007, the Federal Aviation Administration says routine drone access to civilian airspace is years away. The level of technical maturity isn’t where it needs to be for full operation in the National Airspace System,” FAA administrator J. Randolph Babbitt told a meeting of aerospace executives this week in Scottsdale, AZ...  
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When the Salt Lake City router went offline, only the system maintainer -- government telecom contractor Harris Corp. -- knew that the backup card was not immediately available, and that one technician, who hadn't come to work yet that day, had the key to the storage closet where the part was kept. Meanwhile, hundreds of aircraft and thousands of passengers were thrown off schedule. - When the Federal Aviation Administration's national...  
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A plane full of passengers made an emergency landing near the Coast. The Federal Aviation Administration says that a Cessna 207 Skywagon went down about 14 miles Southwest of Tuntutuliak. Shane Iverson, KYUK – Bethel Download Media (MP3)  
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The American Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced that a computer system malfunction has affected flight plans, causing delays and cancelations nationwide. The system processes flight plans, but as it is not functioning properly, flight controllers are having to enter their plans manually. Delays are expected to continue until the problem is solved, but the safety of planes in the air is not an issue, the FAA stated. ...  
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Mar. 14, 2005 - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has selected the Stratus® ftServer® 6600 server platform with Continuous Processing® technology as the new foundation for a crucial data communication system serving the users of the U.S. National Airspace System (NAS), Stratus Technologies announced today. CNSI of Rockville, MD, a premier provider of networking and system solutions for government and commercial customers, is the...  
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Every Man a Tiger by Tom Clance with Gen. Chuck Horner (Ret.) (non fiction)
Fighter Combat: Tactics and Maneuvering by Robert Shaw
Into the Unknown by Louis Rotundo
Test Pilots: The Frontiersmen of Flight  by Richard P. Hallion
Carrier by Tom Clancy (non fiction)
Brassey's Air Combat Reader
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The Wild Blue by Stephen Ambrose
Barons of the Sky by Wayne Biddle
Fighter Wing by Tom Clancy (non fiction)
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Eye of the Viper by Peter Aleshire
Once a Fighter Pilot by Jerry W. Cook
First Light by Geoffrey Wellum
Bogey's and Bandits: The Making of a Fighter Pilot by Robert Gandt
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Scream of Eagles by Robert Wilcox
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