Return-Path: Sender: "Marvin Kaye" To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 20:29:52 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from imo-d23.mx.aol.com ([205.188.139.137] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.8) with ESMTP id 601656 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 10 Jan 2005 09:42:13 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.188.139.137; envelope-from=Sky2high@aol.com Received: from Sky2high@aol.com by imo-d23.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v37_r3.8.) id q.62.4c045747 (3972) for ; Mon, 10 Jan 2005 09:41:53 -0500 (EST) From: Sky2high@aol.com X-Original-Message-ID: <62.4c045747.2f13ee31@aol.com> X-Original-Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 09:41:53 EST Subject: TLS, Transponder Landing System X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1105368113" X-Mailer: 9.0 Security Edition for Windows sub 5000 -------------------------------1105368113 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Rob, TLS is alive. A system that would use your transponder and several ground stations to send LOC and Glides Slope signals to your already existing ILS radios. From AVWEB: A Hood River, Ore., company has received $7 million in government funds to study the effectiveness of an innovative system designed to allow for precision approaches to airports where terrain or other constraints prevent the use of conventional navaids. Advanced Navigation and Positioning Corp. (ANPC) says the Transponder Landing System actually uses the rough terrain as part of a system that tracks an aircraft's position in the airport's terminal area and sends course-correction instructions to the cockpit. "By measuring and accounting for the radio signal reflections off of surrounding obstacles and terrain, the system is able to ensure guidance accuracy in areas erstwhile unable to support a precision approach," said Pete Kinkhead, the company's marketing director. There are 21 sites identified for evaluating the system, 12 of them in Alaska. But while Alaska's rural airport challenges are well-known, Kinkhead said the applications in the Lower 48 are equally significant. "Increasing demands on the nation's airspace capacity necessitate the availability of point-to-point service beyond the major hubs and all-weather accessibility to many underutilized airports," he said. Scott Krueger AKA Grayhawk Lancair N92EX IO320 Aurora, IL (KARR) Fair and Balanced Opinions at No Charge! There is an oxymoron in that, somewhere... -------------------------------1105368113 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Rob,
 
TLS is alive.  A system that would use your transponder and severa= l=20 ground stations to send LOC and Glides Slope signals to your already existin= g=20 ILS radios.
 
From AVWEB:
 

A Hood River, Ore., company has received $7 mill= ion in=20 government funds to study the effectiveness of an innovative system design= ed=20 to allow for precision approaches to airports where terrain or other=20 constraints prevent the use of conventional navaids. Advanced Navigation a= nd=20 Positioning Corp. (ANPC) says the Transponder Landing System actually uses= the=20 rough terrain as part of a system that tracks an aircraft's position in th= e=20 airport's terminal area and sends course-correction instructions to the=20 cockpit. "By measuring and accounting for the radio signal reflections off= of=20 surrounding obstacles and terrain, the system is able to ensure guidance=20 accuracy in areas erstwhile unable to support a precision approach," said=20= Pete=20 Kinkhead, the company's marketing director. There are 21 sites identified=20= for=20 evaluating the system, 12 of them in Alaska. But while Alaska's rural airp= ort=20 challenges are well-known, Kinkhead said the applications in the Lower 48=20= are=20 equally significant. "Increasing demands on the nation's airspace capacity= =20 necessitate the availability of point-to-point service beyond the major hu= bs=20 and all-weather accessibility to many underutilized airports," he said.

 

Scott Krueger=20 AKA Grayhawk
Lancair N92EX IO320 Aurora, IL (KARR)

Fair and Bala= nced=20 Opinions at No Charge!
There is an oxymoron in that,=20 somewhere...

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