Airports/Airspace

"Marco Leon" mmleon(at)yahoo.com wrote in message
...

That's not an "official" FAA publication. It's an example of a guide
written
by a third party. Existence on the FAA's web servers is not a testament to
it being "official."


What makes an FAA publication "official"?

The challenge was not to find an "official" FAA publication, it was to find
an FAA "approved" publication. The word "official" does not appear anywhere
in Cjamairway's message. Publishing on the FAA web site and stamping the
first page with the FAA seal sure looks like FAA approval to me.

Well it isn't simply because the FAA has it on their website.


"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
link.net...

"Marco Leon" mmleon(at)yahoo.com wrote in message
...

That's not an "official" FAA publication. It's an example of a guide
written
by a third party. Existence on the FAA's web servers is not a testament
to
it being "official."


What makes an FAA publication "official"?

The challenge was not to find an "official" FAA publication, it was to
find
an FAA "approved" publication. The word "official" does not appear
anywhere
in Cjamairway's message. Publishing on the FAA web site and stamping the
first page with the FAA seal sure looks like FAA approval to me.





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"Marco Leon" mmleon(at)yahoo.com wrote in message
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Well it isn't simply because the FAA has it on their website.


Why not? Why would the FAA have it on their website if they did not approve
of it?

I agree. The tower airports you gotta talk to Roger, the non-towered
ones you just come on in!

wrote:
Lets get to the bottom of this.
I constantly hear people refer to Airports as being class B,C or D
Airports. Any of you who have thorough knowledge and understanding of
Airports will know that there are only two kinds of Airports in all of
our National Airspace System (NAS). There is Towered and Non-Towered
Airports. We have Class A,B,C,D,E and G Airspace. The Airspace overlays
the Airports. Now show me where in the Aeronautical Information Manual
(AIM) or an FAA Approved government publication that mentions a class
B,C,D Airport. You will not find it...

Take the time and choose your words carefully.

Cjamairway


When you are taxiing at Atlanta Hartsfield you are in class B airspace.
FAA definitions aside, whats wrong with calling it a Class B airport?

In fact, the overlying airspace conveys much more information about the
airport than whether it is towered or not.

Atlanta Hartsfield and Muncie, Indiana are both towered airports, but
they are hardly the same thing.

"Lets get to the bottom of this.
I constantly hear people refer to Airports as being class B,C or D
Airports. Any of you who have thorough knowledge and understanding of
Airports will know that there are only two kinds of Airports in all of
our National Airspace System (NAS). There is Towered and Non-Towered
Airports."

snip

Are you the same guy who complained people used the term "automotive
engineer" incorrectly by referring to engineers who worked on cars?
His claim was that the term implies an engineer who works on any
self-propelled vehicle. Maybe an etymologist would agree, but when
"automobile" and "automotive" are pretty much universally understood to
mean cars and the like, the distinciton is useful.

And, by the way, it should be "There _are_ Towered and Non-Towered",
not "There is..."

On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 20:29:44 -0600, wrote:

Lets get to the bottom of this.
I constantly hear people refer to Airports as being class B,C or D
Airports. Any of you who have thorough knowledge and understanding of
Airports will know that there are only two kinds of Airports in all of
our National Airspace System (NAS). There is Towered and Non-Towered
Airports. We have Class A,B,C,D,E and G Airspace. The Airspace overlays
the Airports. Now show me where in the Aeronautical Information Manual
(AIM) or an FAA Approved government publication that mentions a class
B,C,D Airport. You will not find it...

Take the time and choose your words carefully.


I hope that along with teaching your students the importance of being
clear, you make some time to cover "the danger of the downwind turn".



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ben wrote:

I hope that along with teaching your students the importance of being
clear, you make some time to cover "the danger of the downwind turn".

That joke would have probably been more humorous had you posted it when
this thread was still active, rather than wait the three weeks to think it
up.


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