"RADAR IDENTIFICATION: The process of ascertaining that a particular target is the radar return from a specific aircraft." I guess it is exactly the same then... but we're told not to say radar identified... just roger ident. We've just been told don't say "radar identified"... like you said.. just...

We always use "squawk ident and say your altitude"...and no one is ever "radar identified", we just say "roger ident" . The airspace here is pretty busy and we've been told to do this to confirm that the altitude is correct so that we can use it for passing traffic using the radar. If we didn't get ...

... and to think I was complaining about it being -24...

They got out of the plane and were kicking around in the snow like they'd never seen it before!!

I received a CD for my course, 2 1/2 years back. I'm assuming they'd improved it, since it was nearly useless when I got it (just phraseology examples). I was more wondering about a lesson being included with it, as that wasn't the case when I went, but was for VFR if I remember right. I was there ...

If I remember correctly, the FSS did not receive a CD for the course, just "From the Ground Up". The VFR course got the book and CD and had a test to pass based on that information.

cpl_atc wrote:
What hick airport was that at? Proper RSC vehicles are equipped with a decelerometer that provides a reasonably scientific reading.

Exactly what I was thinking... I've been in the vehicle when they do the CRFI/RSC and it wasn't just an airport employee making a guess at it..

To summarize, FSS: 1) won't accept aviation data from pilots or airport operators 2) reports pilots to enforcement who call "right base" instead of "joining straight final" 3) records official visibility observations of local phenomena which causes no end of trouble for IFR pilots (takeoff mins & a...

I'm not sure why she wouldn't accept the info from you, she wouldn't be able to use it to put out in an RSC, but it should be the same as if a pilot landed and gave us a braking report or similar information. We're given runway info from pilots and pass it on to the next inbound plane if it is diffe...