Danny Deger wrote:


Have you ever worked a Center that looked out over the water?

No.


I friend
of mine flying F-4s died because Washington Center lost radar contact
when he lost his transponder. He was out over the water in a warning
area. We were told Washington Center had no primary radar. Perhaps it
is only over the water for Centers along the coast that there is no
primary radar.




So ATC loses his transponder and he forgets how to fly the plane?