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A transponder (short for trans mitter-res ponder [1] and sometimes abbreviated to XPDR, [2] XPNDR, [3] TPDR [4] or TP [5]) is an electronic device that produces a response when it receives a radio-frequency interrogation. Aircraft have transponders to assist in identifying them on air traffic control radar. Collision avoidance systems have been ...
FasTrak is the electronic toll collection (ETC) system used in the state of California in the United States. The system is used statewide on all of the toll roads, toll bridges, and high-occupancy toll lanes along the California Freeway and Expressway System . As with other ETC systems, FasTrak is designed to eliminate the need for cars to stop ...
Ryan PT-22 Trainer. The Ryan Aeronautical Company was founded by T. Claude Ryan in San Diego, California, in 1934. It became part of Teledyne in 1969, and of Northrop Grumman when the latter company purchased Ryan in 1999. Ryan built several historically and technically significant aircraft, including four innovative V/STOL designs, but its ...
The Consolidated Aircraft Corporation was founded in 1923 by Reuben H. Fleet in Buffalo, New York, the result of the Gallaudet Aircraft Company 's liquidation and Fleet's purchase of designs from the Dayton-Wright Company as the subsidiary was being closed by its parent corporation, General Motors. [1] Consolidated became famous, during the ...
Craigslist Inc. Craigslist (stylized as craigslist) is a privately held American company [5] operating a classified advertisements website with sections devoted to jobs, housing, for sale, items wanted, services, community service, gigs, résumés, and discussion forums.
Tennessee : MEM / KMEM Memphis International. Texas : DAL / KDAL Dallas Love Field (lies within the class B surface area of DFW) DFW / KDFW Dallas/Fort Worth International. HOU / KHOU Houston–Hobby (class B secondary airport) IAH / KIAH Houston–George Bush Intercontinental. Utah : SLC / KSLC Salt Lake City International.
The 9/11 Commission determined that, on the morning of September 11, the FAA had not notified NORAD of the hijackings of Flights 11, 77, 93, and 175 in time for escort aircraft to reach the hijacked flights. [2] Notification of the hijacking of Flight 11 prompted the scrambling of two fighter jets from Otis Air National Guard Base, but they ...
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