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One of the guys in our CAP squadron is also National Guard; he tells me that they've been using IFF for the Shirpas ever since 9/11. Hmmmm. Leslie Holbrook Alon A2 N161LH (Flying Colors #1) Chester, CT 3B9 >From: Wayne Woollard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [COUPERS] interesting future for GA >Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 15:57:39 -0700 > >----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any >advice in this forum.]---- > >Percy and all:: > >My entire enlistment duty during the Korean "Conflict" was to protect the >technology which at the time >was called "IFF" Identification Friend or Foe". All pilots were instructed >to press the self destruct >apparatus on their aircraft in the event they had to bail out. This would >set off charges in the >equipment that would destroy it. If this failed they headed for the west >coast of Korea north of Inchon >to ditch in the Yellow sea, and Korea Bay. There we were on 24 hour patrol >ready to pick up any downed >pilots, in old stripped down MTB's of WW II vintage. all to protect those >damned transponders and keep >them out of the hands of the enemy. Now you can buy one surplus and keep >it right next to your Norden >bombsight! > >D. Wayne Woollard > >Percy Wood wrote: > > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following >any advice in this forum.]---- > > > > At 05:32 AM 9/28/01 -0700, you wrote: > > > > >POP:: (Percy old Pal!) > > >As you might recall; N6596Q was tracked on its trip to the Northland > > >throughout the entire trip from > > >Barrow AK to Key West FL with an installed tracker, that had its own > > >particular identification, and did > > >not impact flight service or ATC. and anybody with a computer could >track > > >it! So, this technology is > > >nothing new. > > > > Exactamundo, Wayne. > > The North American Air Defence Command had to be able to find the > > Russian bombers coming over > > the poles back in the 1950-1960 time frame. They didn't say "Bear 6596, > > squack 7123 and ident." > > Which bums me. My thinking is that NORAD didn't want to tell the FAA >how > > to do it, because the > > word might leak out. As if the Russians could not figure it out. So >the > > FAA did it the old way = tell > > the civil fleet they had to put an altitude encoding transponder in or >else. > > The computer part is new, however. > > Percy in >Portland > > > >-- >Mr. D. Wayne Woollard, CPBE >AIM: DWWoollard >ICQ: 124132836 > >"Why fly a Spam can when you can have fun and fly an Ercoupe?" > > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aVxiLm.aVzvvT Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
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