Articles Archive for 29 August 2008
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AIC 36/08 outlines NavCanadas latest decommissioning project.
NAV CANADA, the country’s provider of civil air navigation services, recently evaluated the requirement for very high frequency omnidirectional range (VOR) receiver test facilities (VOT) in Canada.
The review concluded that VOT sites are underutilized and no longer required. This fact is partly because of the increased use of global navigation satellite system (GNSS) for primary navigation and partly because many VOR receivers are equipped with an internal self-test function.
Accordingly, VOT sites will be decommissioned, starting in November 2008. It is expected that decommissioning all …
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I was driving by the airport the other day and noticed that some obstruction lighting on telephone poles near the approach of 33 were burnt out (and have been for months).
Does anyone know who I should contact to get that fixed? It’s off airport property, so I don’t think it would be the Airports responsibility. Transport Canada? Nav Canada? The local utility company?
