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| | Virginia WxLink Service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) |
 | | RICHMOND, Virginia - Virginia is set to become the first state with a fully operational datalink system, delivering real-time weather images, including Nexrad radar, to aircraft in its airspace. |
 | | The weather data comes to the ARNAV headquarters in Puyallup, Washington, from the National Weather Service, and after it is electronically repackaged for aviation use and "geo tagged" for positioning on the display units, it is shipped over high-speed ISDN lines to towers ARNAV has erected across the United States, where it is broadcast. |
 | | Service is currently available in Alaska, Kansas, parts of Pennsylvania and Washington, and along the Gulf Coast area. |
| www.doav.virginia.gov /Press/wxlink1.htm (684 words) |
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