Ferihegy airport was shut down recently for the better half of a day as the result of a complete failure of the control tower. According to news reports, a heating pipe failed and this resulted in the electric installations being soaked. No electricity, no play. Many years ago I did work in the control tower… Continue reading When the (tower) roof falls in…
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Alternate Position, Navigation and Timing (APNT) – What is this?
In any conversation about satellite navigation and the use of enablers like GPS, talk inevitably shifts to the risks and the ease with which GPS for instance can be jammed. It is easy to sketch doomsday scenarios with a full-scale GPS outage once NextGen and SESAR are operational, making the industry essentially dependent on signals… Continue reading Alternate Position, Navigation and Timing (APNT) – What is this?