Glider specific transponder codes

Why doesn't the SSA get together with AOPA and the FAA and get this
implimented nation wide. This would be a benefit everywhere.

Mike Schumann

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Also any other XPDR equipped pilots here in the Rocky Mountain area
please weigh in on the subject.

The unique transponder codes made available by Reno Approach
Control/Tower, (local ATC folks), have been in use for quite some time.
I suspect that Carl Harold knows the history behind it.
In order to get something like that going, you will need to get one,
preferably all the local clubs in the Denver area together and discuss
this with both the Denver Approach Control/tower and the Denver ARTCC
located in Longmont CO. Being feds, they are most likely not
interested in entering into what is called a "Letter of Agreement",
much like the one you have for your wave window. You will need to get
help from the folks at Reno Approach who helped set all this up.
One of the ways to approach your local ATC types is to SHOW them what
has been accomplished in Reno. Just talking about it won't cut it,
trust me on this. Before you set up a meeting with them, you will need
to have copies of all that has been done in the Reno area along with
you.
The approach control will have to get the local Air Route Traffic
Control Center in Longmont to go along with the program, much the same
as Reno Approach did with the Oakland ARTCC.
I think the tact you will have to take is that the camel already has
it's nose under the tent, so you ATC might as well let the rest of it
in. Good luck.

Zulu




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