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In article ,
"Jim Macklin" wrote:

Many years ago, Illinois Bell had a connection box located
at the intersection of Koke Mill Road and Washington Street.
Vandals were always shooting it full of holes and cars that
missed the turn kept smashing it.

So they built a heavy concrete mounting pad about as high as
the hood of a pickup truck topped with a heavy steel vault
that looked like it belonged on a armored vehicle. It was
as big as a walk-in cooler and was covered with Illinois
Bell logos and warnings about vandalizing the property.
After a year or two of no phone service interruptions, a
State Police car chasing some speeders at about 100 mph,
missed the turn and punched a hole through the box.

It was an empty shell, the real connection was about 25 feet
from the intersection and well hidden.

Who really knows where the FAA towers are located?

NY Tracon is a non-descript windowless building in an industrial area on
Long Island. One might mistake it for a warehouse, if it weren't for the
fact that it's got an antenna farm on the roof :-)

It's kind of like walking around Georgetown. Most of the embassies pretty
much blend in with the rest of the nice townhouses in the neighborhood.
Except that some people must really be paranoid about getting good TV
reception because they've got all those funny antennae on the roof.

"Jim Macklin" wrote in news:0yM9h.2132
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We all saw Bruce Willis in that documentary "Die Hard " and
can see how easy it is to have rogue soldiers working for a
non-Muslim dictator change the airport elevation, make the
planes on-board radar altimeter stop working [stealth
ground] and prevent all those airliners from switching
frequencies and talking to their company dispatcher and the
other traffic on the frequencies. And all airline pilots
will just circle until they're out of fuel.

Really stupid movie.

I think Manic uses that movie as basis for most of his aviation knowledge!

Roy Smith wrote:


It's kind of like walking around Georgetown. Most of the embassies pretty
much blend in with the rest of the nice townhouses in the neighborhood.
Except that some people must really be paranoid about getting good TV
reception because they've got all those funny antennae on the roof.

Since this thread is shot, and since I spend a lot of time in DC, please
tell me where the embassies are in Georgetown?

In article ,
Sam Spade wrote:

Roy Smith wrote:


It's kind of like walking around Georgetown. Most of the embassies pretty
much blend in with the rest of the nice townhouses in the neighborhood.
Except that some people must really be paranoid about getting good TV
reception because they've got all those funny antennae on the roof.

Since this thread is shot, and since I spend a lot of time in DC, please
tell me where the embassies are in Georgetown?

Ambassadors residences? Whatever. Townhouses with lots of radio antennae
on the roofs.

Blanche wrote:

But the Tracon is nowhere near the terminal (altho on airport grounds)
and Enroute is notwhere near Denver (up in Longmont)

The center was moved to Longmont to avoid a Ruskie nuke hitting Denver,
just like Los Angeles center and New York Center.

It was crazy, expensive stuff, ala Doc Strangelove.

I understand that all FAA facilities are being surrounded by
marsh and bogs and populated by swine to keep all Muslim
extremists away. There is some question about the swine,
are they FAA lawyers, unionized or just plain old pigs?



"Sam Spade" wrote in message
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| Blanche wrote:
|
| But the Tracon is nowhere near the terminal (altho on
airport grounds)
| and Enroute is notwhere near Denver (up in Longmont)
|
| The center was moved to Longmont to avoid a Ruskie nuke
hitting Denver,
| just like Los Angeles center and New York Center.
|
| It was crazy, expensive stuff, ala Doc Strangelove.

Roy Smith wrote:

In article ,
Sam Spade wrote:


Roy Smith wrote:


It's kind of like walking around Georgetown. Most of the embassies pretty
much blend in with the rest of the nice townhouses in the neighborhood.
Except that some people must really be paranoid about getting good TV
reception because they've got all those funny antennae on the roof.

Since this thread is shot, and since I spend a lot of time in DC, please
tell me where the embassies are in Georgetown?


Ambassadors residences? Whatever. Townhouses with lots of radio antennae
on the roofs.

You've got me there. I think some, if not a lot, of the ambassadors
live in their embassy.

Gerogetown is full of private sector employees who live off us
taxpayters. I suppose there is a smattering of GS-99s there as well.

Could be some amassadore as well, although I think it wouldn't be their
style.

Jim Macklin wrote:

I understand that all FAA facilities are being surrounded by
marsh and bogs and populated by swine to keep all Muslim
extremists away. There is some question about the swine,
are they FAA lawyers, unionized or just plain old pigs?



Since we are, for the most part, pilots we love to hate the FAA.

Having said that, many federal agencies aware contracts to make
Congressjerks happy.

I bet you meant award. I've got several good friends who
work for the FAA, none of them are lawyers. I've got some
good friends who are lawyers who don't work for the FAA.
Actually I don't hate the FAA, 99% do a very good job, the
1% are lawyers.


"Sam Spade" wrote in message
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| Jim Macklin wrote:
|
| I understand that all FAA facilities are being
surrounded by
| marsh and bogs and populated by swine to keep all Muslim
| extremists away. There is some question about the
swine,
| are they FAA lawyers, unionized or just plain old pigs?
|
|
|
| Since we are, for the most part, pilots we love to hate
the FAA.
|
| Having said that, many federal agencies aware contracts to
make
| Congressjerks happy.

Jim Macklin wrote:
I bet you meant award. I've got several good friends who
work for the FAA, none of them are lawyers. I've got some
good friends who are lawyers who don't work for the FAA.
Actually I don't hate the FAA, 99% do a very good job, the
1% are lawyers.


Yes...awards.

I work with technical FAA folks on a regular basis on the national
level. My experience is similar to your's, at least for those the
bosses field into the work we do. But, there are some on the sidelines
that don't do quite as well. So, my percentage of those who do a very
good job would be high, but not at 99%.

A few of the headquarters attornies I have dealt with on technical
airspace matters have often been very good. These folks are the kind
who prosecute hapless pilots.