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Old 31st Oct 2009, 09:28
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<<A series of conducting wires under the tarmac at strategic intervals can magnetically deduce the exact location of every aircraft w/o need for radar or self-reporting.>>

How is the aircraft identity derived from such a system? Given a busy airport with maybe 20-30 aircraft taxying at the same time aircraft which mis-route have to be quickly identified to ATC.
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