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From: maa@ssc-bee.UUCP (Mark A Allyn)
Newsgroups: net.travel,net.aviation,net.sci
Subject: Airport Fog - Thanks for replies
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Date: Fri, 4-Apr-86 10:18:52 EST
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I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone very
much for their responses to my queries regarding the proposal to
implement a FIDO type solution to the problem of fog at airports.

Having read and digested what was generously offered both via e-mail
and openly on the net, I have come to the conclusion that the idea is
both out of date and inpractical due to expense and risks to the 
environment as well as a potential disruptance to naighbors of
airports.

Furthermore the idea appear not the be necessary at all due to the
availablity of the Cat III landing systems which have been used in
airports in Europe. I did not know about this system until I was 
enlightened by several netters.

Maybee some of you can enlighten me why this system is not being
implemented on a full scale here in the US. Could it be that the FAA
is not doing their job???

Mark A. Allyn
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