Flight service station

Flight service station - Factbites
Where results make sense
About us | Why use us? | Reviews | PR | Contact us

Topic: Flight service station

Note: these results are not from the primary (high quality) database.

In the News (Wed 16 Dec 09)

Northern Trust

Marvin Harrison

Peter Chernin

Gary Locke

Match Play

Penelope Cruz

Mickey Rourke

AR Rahman

Danny Boyle

Hugh Jackman

	Flight Service Station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Since a flight service station may be covering a large area of land there may be one or more Remote Communications Outlets (RCO) which it monitors through land lines.
		A Flight Service Station (FSS) is an air traffic facility which provides pilot briefings regarding current weather and possible hazards along a route of flight.
		A flight service station not only takes IFR flight plans but VFR as well.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flight_Service_Station

	Boston.com / News / Local / Vt. / Burlington airport to close flight service station
		Flight service stations provide weather reports, radio communications, process flight plans and provide search and rescue support primarily to private and non-airline commercial pilots.
		Burlington International Airport's flight service station for private pilots is scheduled to close as early as next year, eliminating 36 jobs.
		Burlington is one of 38 Automated Flight Service Stations slated for closure under a new plan to privatize the federal system for private and non-airline commercial fights.
	www.boston.com /news/local/vermont/articles/2005/02/10/burlington_airport_to_close_flight_service_station

	Pilot/Controller Glossary
		FLIGHT PLAN AREA- The geographical area assigned by regional air traffic divisions to a flight service station for the purpose of search and rescue for VFR aircraft, issuance of NOTAMs, pilot briefing, in-flight services, broadcast, emergency services, flight data processing, international operations, and aviation weather services.
		FINAL APPROACH-IFR- The flight path of an aircraft which is inbound to an airport on a final instrument approach course, beginning at the final approach fix or point and extending to the airport or the point where a circle-to-land maneuver or a missed approach is executed.
		FLIGHT LINE- A term used to describe the precise movement of a civil photogrammetric aircraft along a predetermined course(s) at a predetermined altitude during the actual photographic run.
	www.iespana.es /atc-cordoba/f.htm

	Home
		Flight Service Station has been operating car sales, servicing and repairs for 23 years.
		All cars are fully serviced before sale and offered with a comprehensive three year warranty and a new MOT.
		Easy to find next to Safeway on the main road through Biggin Hill we are open Monday to Friday 8 am to 6pm, Saturday 8am to 5 pm and Sunday by appointment.
	www.flightservicestation.co.uk

	da00580.html
		Flight Service Stations are FAA air traffic facilities that provide many pilot services, including providing Notices to Airmen of flight-related safety information.
		On February 25, 2000, Flight Service Stations began notifying the FCC of reported antenna structure light outages that have not been repaired within 15 days.
		Information on the FAA Flight Service Stations may be obtained at: URL:www.faa.gov/ats/ato/ato300/AFSSADDS99.html.
	www.fcc.gov /eb/Public_Notices/da00580.html

	Flight Service Station
		The Flight Service Station is a facility provided to pilots and flight operators for filing flight plans, collecting flight condition and safety data for particular destinations, alternate airports and enroute segments.
		Conducting a flight briefing for a departing flight would require the flight service station operator to:
		The Atom system provides benefits to Flight Service personnel, and to pilots and flight crews by acting as a central collection, processing and distribution point for flight safety data, with rapid data filtering and checks for relevance to a given flight.
	www.freeflight.com /atom/home/flight_service.html

	FAA's Efforts to Close and Consolidate Flight Service Stations and to consider H.R. 1454, which would prohibit the FAA from closing certain Flight Service Stations
		Flight service station personnel located on the ground in McKinleyville at the airport are better able to relay critical, up-to-the-minute weather reports directly to the pilots.
		I understand that your flight service station is closed, and that the automated weather service station that you have to depend upon from Eureka is at Oakland.
		The 61 automated flight service stations are staffed with FAA employees, who provide a number of services, including providing pilots with important weather and aeronautical information, and pre-flight and in-flight briefings regarding flight conditions.
	commdocs.house.gov /committees/Trans/hpw105-38.000/hpw105-38_0.HTM

	How To Obtain A Good Weather Briefing
		Note: When used in this document the generic terms "Flight Service" and "Flight Service Station" should be construed to include both Automated Flight Service Stations (AFSS) and non-consolidated Flight Service Stations (FSS).
		In cases when you are already in flight and you need to obtain a standard briefing or update a previous briefing inflight, you should contact might Service not Flight Watch.
		When you reach Flight Service, you will be answered by a recorded announcement, followed by instructions for both touch-tone and rotary dial telephone users.
	www.helicoptersonly.com /helicopter%20weather%20briefing.html

	Nat' Academies Press, Aviation Weather Services: A Call For Federal Leadership and Action (1995)
		The Flight Watch ATCS is able to provide N1234A with individually flight tailored information that depicts the exact location of hazardous weather and projections of movement in time and distance along the route of flight.
		The Flight Watch ATCS has the capability of relaying live weather data to the pilot, however, supplemental information such as thunderstorm intensity and movement is now 1 hour old and may not be applicable.
		The ATCS identifies and reads, verbatim, three flight precaution advisories, one for instrument flight rules conditions, one for icing, and a Convective Significant Meteorological Information report (SIGMET) of thunderstorm activity that is near the aircraft's intended route of flight.
	books.nap.edu /books/0309053803/html/86.html

	BEST aviation service station
		NAATS is the sole representative of the Air Traffic Control Specialists who are employed in the Flight Service Stations and their associated data...
		Thanks for your interest in the Albuquerque Automated Flight Service Station.
		On approximately October 1, 2005 Millville Flight service will...
	www.findawesome.info /model-airplanes/aviation-service-station.html

	NewsChannel 8 - Forty-Five To Lose Jobs With Shutdown of McAlester Flight Service Station
		The loss of an automated flight service station in McAlester will mean more than 40 people will be looking for jobs.
		NewsChannel 8 - Forty-Five To Lose Jobs With Shutdown of McAlester Flight Service Station
		The 45 flight service specialists in McAlester have jobs that pay between 51-thousand and 80-thousand dollars a year.
	www.ktul.com /news/stories/0205/204688.html

	Plainsman Online
		South Dakota’s only automated flight service station should remain open for pilot safety and homeland security, a resolution that passed unanimously in both state legislative chambers on Tuesday says.
		A key function of the automated flight service station in Huron is to provide weather briefings, the resolution says.
		Lockheed Martin won the bid to operate the remaining flight service stations.
	www.plainsman.com /main.php?story_id=4748&page=23

	NOTAM
		AOPA has been told that flight service stations throughout the Southwest region have been given guidance on how to assist pilots who are unable to contact other ATC facilities on the ground, including information on who they may contact for squawk codes prior to departure.
		Pilots are reminded to check with an FAA Flight Service Station for the most current NOTAMs affecting their route as part of their preflight planning.
		NOTAMs are available from the Flight Service Station (FSS) at 1 800 WXBRIEF and from other aviation organizations.
	www.nappf.com /NOTAM.html

	Hope Pilots Association - A Letter from JBR AFSS
		All flight service stations except those in Alaska are included in the study.
		The A-76 study does not "privatize" the flight service station functions.
		There will be no charge for flight services at the end of the study.
	www.hopepilots.org /jbrafss.htm

	History Home Page
		This page is dedicated to the history of the FAA Flight Service Station and various articles on the history of Air Traffic Service and aviation.
		An historical record of the Eau Claire Wisconsin Airways Communication Station that began operation on July 11, 1949 and later became the Eau Claire Wisconsin Flight Service Station until decommissioning on November 7, 1989.
		A history of the FAA Flight Service Station from its pre-conception to present day.
	www.ama500.jccbi.gov /afss/history/Index.htm

	Terre Haute Automated Flight Service Station
		Now one of 61 AFSSs across the country, Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico, we were originally one of 5 Flight Service Stations in Indiana.
		Welcome to the Terre Haute Automated Flight Service Station.
		Between 1985 and 1989 the services of South Bend, Fort Wayne, Lafayette, and Indianapolis were all folded into the state-wide services of Terre Haute AFSS.
	www.hufafss.jccbi.gov

	An Open Letter to the Senate Appropriations Committee: Flight Service Station Contract With Lockheed Martin Will Save Taxpayers $2.2 Billion Over 10 Years
		Flight Service Stations provide a way for private pilots to file flight plans, obtain weather briefings, and receive other information services.
		This kind of high-tech modernization is essential for the larger aviation network, of which Flight Service Stations are an adjunct.
		In addition to providing better services to private pilots, the plan will cut costs nearly 40 percent, saving $2.2 billion over 10 years.
	www.ntu.org /main/letters_detail.php?letter_id=334

	Great Falls AFSS
		Great Falls AFSS is one of sixty one automated flight service stations scattered across the
		Flight service specialists provide preflight and inflight weather briefings to pilots of all civil and military aircraft, as well as process flight plans, provide emergency services and relay ATC clearances.
		The airport sits on top of a bluff overlooking the city and is locally known as Gore Hill.
	www.nw.faa.gov /ats/gtfafss/index.htm

	NCDC: Locate Weather Observation Station Record
		The intent of depicting station types is to inform the user of the general nature of a given station.
		The last four digits are assigned to stations within a state in general accordance with the alphabetic order of the station name.
		Web Climate Services Version 2.1 is an attempt to bring metadata from a number of sources into one location to provide easy access to the information.
	lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov /oa/climate/stationlocator.html

	Arkansas Air Museum -- Fayetteville Flight Station
		Providing information for pilots for over four decades, the Fayetteville Flight Service Station was an intregal part of the aviation community in northwest Arkansas.
		Arranged as close as possible to the original FSS, the notable items in the display include the main console from which FAA officials spoke with pilots, the radios and amplifiers used to communicate and the station's teletype.
		When the Federal Aviation Administration closed the Fayetteville FSS in 1993, the Arkansas Air Museum received the equipment that once guided pilots through the skies over the region.
	www.arkairmuseum.org /fayfss.html

	Merrill Field Flight Service Station
		I was lucky enought to be stationed at the Anchorage Flight Service Station, also known as the Merrill Field Flight Service Station.
		When the FSS moved to Kenai (they offered the FAA a free building), Anchorage jacked up the rent to some crazy amount.
		It was located next to the new Merrill Tower, which was built right before the FSS was torn down.
	www.alaska.net /~chazmo/merrill.html

	pilot.htm
		Do not hesitate to request specific information from the En Route Flight Advisory Service (EFAS) - "Flight Watch" - on 122.0 MHZ below 18,000 feet MSL.
		Food service many be conducted and little or no difficulty is encountered when walking.
		The latest hourly aviation weather observations from distant stations are normally available by 5 minutes past the hour.
	www.nws.noaa.gov /om/brochures/pilot.htm

	FAA closing Wichita Flight Service Station - 2005-02-10
		There are 2,500 employees in the FAA's Flight Service Station network, including 28 in Wichita.
		As the company takes over the responsibilities, it plans to reduce the system from 58 Flight Service Stations to 20.
		Wagovich says the new system will connect pilots with a flight service specialist who is familiar with the weather and geography along their planned flight route.
	www.bizjournals.com /wichita/stories/2005/02/07/daily31.html?jst=m_ln_hl

	Find in a Library
		Air traffic controllers and flight service station specialists : hearings before the Subcommittee on the Civil Service of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, first session...
		WorldCat is provided by OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. on behalf of its member libraries.
	www.worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/474890b1f724a042.html

	AOPA Flight Training - Cross Country Courses, Quizzes
		A flight assist occurs when air traffic control provides in-flight assistance to an aircraft in a potentially dangerous situation.
		Learn through hands-on training when to call for a flight assist and how to work with controllers to get yourself out of harm's way.
		Weather is the one constant for every flight.
	flighttraining.aopa.org /student_pilot/cross_country/interactive

	Fortner Accessory Service Corp.
		Fortner Accessory Service Corporation is an FAA Certified Repair Station specializing in the overhaul/repair of Bell Helicopter flight control assemblies and detail components.
		Established by some of FAS'S (Fortner Accessory Service) original founders, FASCO brings over thirty years of experience to each and every repair.
		FASCO has obtained the proprietary rights for several Bell 47 servo cylinder assemblies as well as exclusive FAA-PMA manufacturing and distribution rights for the top assembly and replacement detail components of the P/N 103650-6 and -7 servo cylinder.
	www.fas.rotor.com

	Flight Service
		NAATS is the sole representative of the Air Traffic Control Specialists who are employed in the Flight Service Stations and their associated data...
		Taiwanese visitor arrivals rose in June and a new air service opened between Taipei and Clark special economic zone in signs the Taiwan market for Philippine tourism is rebounding amid strong tourism development efforts by the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO).
		The campus will hold a memorial service on Friday, Aug. 26, for a former UC Davis Extension student from South Korea who was found dead Aug. 6 in Yosemite National Park.
	www.airflyservice.info /Flight-Service.html

	Fort Dodge Iowa - Airport HTM
		The Fort Dodge Regional Airport is home to the only Automated Flight Service Station in the state of Iowa.
		Aircraft maintenance, flight instruction, aircraft rental and charter service are all provided by Fort Dodge Flight support, the fixed-based operator (FBO) located at the airport.
		Northwest Airlink offers professional and reliable service and was recognized for their achievements by being awarded the 1997 Prestigious Regional Airline of the Year Award.
	www.dodgenet.com /~fdairport

	New Page 1
		Welcome to the Seattle Automated Flight Service Web Page.
		Each Air Traffic Control Specialist at Seattle AFSS is certified as a pilot weather briefer by the National Weather Service.
		Seattle AFSS is constantly modernizing with new technology and is the first AFSS in the nation to acquire the new Operational and Supportability Implementation System (OASIS) to assist our specialists in providing the best possible service to the pilot.
	www.nw.faa.gov /seaafss

	Kenai AFSS Index
		For the most current NOTAM D's and locally disseminated information (NOTAM L, O, or U's), contact a flight service station.) -- Civil/Military NOTAMs
	www.alaska.faa.gov /enaafss

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Topic: Flight service station

Ads by Google

Related Topics

In the News (Wed 16 Dec 09)