[MilCom] Miami Center

[Michael Comer]

This might explain the problems PITMAN 31-32
(F-16CJ, 77th FS) had with Miami Center yesterday.

After completing their AR they were to make a low
approach tour of several local airports in support of
the upcoming shuttle launch TFR on Thursday.
(2 technical issues being worked that could delay the launch)

Miami Center did not have their flight plan and from comms
with HUNTRESS on 252.000 center wanted them
to RTB. Once they switched to Orlando App they
had their flight plan and continued the flight.

PITMAN 31-32 made low approaches at Orlando Exec,
Orlando-Sanford Airport, Space Coast Regional and
Melbourne Intl. Went out to Space Coast to watch, interesting
to see armed F-16's.

252.000 NORAD - HUNTRESS
    PITMAN 31-32 (air-air here while working with HUNTRESS)
    TANKER 1

328.000 NORAD
    TANKER 1 AR boom freq

269.300 Miami Center - Melbourne
293.225 Miami Center - Vero Beach
119.825 Miami Center - Melbourne
126.950 Miami Center - Vero Beach
124.800 Orlando App
132.650 Orlando App
118.900 Space Coast Regional Tower
139.825 PITMAN air-air

Mike Comer
Titusville, FL
http://home.earthlink.net/~mikets28/Mywebsite

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jack Nesmith" <jnesmith2 at cfl.rr.com>
To: "MILCOM" <MILCOM at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 4:08 PM
Subject: [MilCom] Miami Center


>      Air Traffic System Crashes in S. Florida
>      Dec 05 2:52 PM US/Eastern
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> A computerized air traffic system experienced a temporary outage in South 
> Florida, forcing controllers to ground some flights and resulting in at 
> least four instances in which planes almost came too close together, 
> officials said Tuesday.
> Monday's outage affecting the Miami Center radar complex lasted about an 
> hour, but a backup system was activated and flights in the air were not in 
> danger, said Kathleen Bergen, a Federal Aviation Administration 
> spokeswoman in Atlanta.
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> "There was never a loss of communication with flights and controllers did 
> not lose their radar displays," Bergen said.
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> Still, the outage caused confusion and tension among controllers in Miami, 
> who had trouble establishing and maintaining aircraft identification 
> because enough flight plan information was not available through their 
> computers, said Steven Wallace, president of the National Air Traffic 
> Controllers Association in Miami.
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> The problem was caused by failure of a telecommunications cable linking 
> high-altitude air traffic control centers in Miami and San Juan, Puerto 
> Rico, Bergen said.
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> Bergen said that as a precaution the FAA grounded about 60 flights 
> controlled by Miami Center at airports in Florida and at Nassau, Bahamas. 
> The average delay was about 30 minutes, he said.
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> Wallace said there were four cases in which planes almost violated FAA 
> rules that flights at high altitudes must remain at least 5 miles apart 
> horizontally and 1,000 feet vertically.
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