For the kiddies - Tracking Santa

[Dogimed]

NORAD TRACKS SANTA 2008 (http://www.noradsanta.org/en/home.html)


Merry Christmas all.

About NORAD

NORAD is the bi-national U.S.-Canadian military organization responsible for the aerospace and maritime defense of the United States and Canada. NORAD, created by a 1958 agreement between Canada and the United States, provides advanced warning of impending missile and air attack against its member nations, safeguards the air sovereignty of North America, and maintains airborne forces for defense against attack.




Dog

[Ex FSO GRIFFO]

EXCELLENT Mr Dog......

For many years in Flight Service, we used to receive Santa's FLIGHT PLAN,
which originated from THULE U.S. Airforce Base in Alaska, and was sent to ALL Air Traffic Services around the globe via the AFTN - Aeronautical Fixed Telecommunications Net. - and eventually found itself back at Thule.

It was each unit's responsibility to 'pass it on'...
Total time for the full transmission to be sent/ received back at Thule - via the World - was well within the hour.

No wonder Santa can do it so fast........And THAT was in the days BEFORE computors.....

Cheers, and a Merry Christmas...:ok::ok: