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Senate Votes To Replace Aviation Radar With GPS

Posted by timothy on from the secretly-replaced-with-folger's-crystals dept.

plover writes "The US Senate on Monday passed by a 93-0 margin a bill that would implement the FAA's NextGen plan to replace aviation radar with GPS units. It will help pay for the upgrade by increasing aviation fuel taxes on private aircraft. It will require two inspections per year on foreign repair stations that work on US planes. And it will ban pilots from using personal electronics in the cockpit. This just needs to be reconciled with the House version and is expected to become law soon. This was discussed on Slashdot a few years ago."

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  1. Re:sounds risky by vxice · · Score: 5, Funny

    and what if evil munchkins land on the wing to sabotage the engine and the only one who sees it is a guy who every one thinks is crazy? what if...

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  2. Re:Satellite vulnerability by T+Murphy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Senator 1: "Isn't there some saying about putting all your eggs in one basket?"
    Senator 2: "Hey! Good idea!"

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  3. Re:Great... by rsilvergun · · Score: 5, Funny

    You assume people understand what their wishes are. There was a news story of a guy marching against socialized medicine in his Medicare provided scooter.

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