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Old 21st Sep 2004, 08:42
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CaptainMidnight
 
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I believe that (at least originally) the final end state of DickNas is/was to have class E down to 700 feet AGL at all aerodromes & ALAs with a published instrument approach procedure. At the time the NASIG confirmed that GPS approaches were considered to fall into this category, therefore presumably BLA and many hundreds of other places across the country would end up with E down to 700FT.

The fact that to provide a class E service to all of these places would mean additional communications facilities, radar, ATC consoles and ATCers and the associated expense seemed to be lost on our friend. Not to mention the resulting increased restrictions imposed on those who currently operate "free in G" without transponders, radio etc.
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