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IFALDA/EUFALDA/ADF Meeting in Ireland Inside this issue:

joint conference of the Interna- Recreational activities include angling, ATPAC Update 2 tional Federation of Airline Dis- pony-trekking, and bicycling. Connemara patchers Association, European ponies are justifiably famous for their won- WARP Deployed at 3 Federation of Airline Dispatchers derful temperament and hardiness. Bikes ATC: 3 Perspectives Association, and Airline Dis- for hire can be found right in Galway and patchers Federation will be held in Gal- of course, golfing is an option. News Briefs 4 way, Ireland on May 5—7, 2003. Registration and all information is avail- Improved Scores for 7 May 5th will see the arrival of dispatchers able at www.IFALDA.org. Rooms are still FAA and industry participants from all over the available. Please join us along with these world with a reception that evening. vendors: AmazonTech, Avtec, BLR Group, First Licensed 8 CS, FWZ, Jeppesen, Lido, Metron, Navtech, Dispatcher Business and annual general meetings of Preston, Sabre, SITA, and Zetron. the various entities, ADF, IFALDA, and EU- Update on European 9 FALDA are scheduled for the second day. If you are a vendor and would like Single-Sky Program A tour of Galway and stop at Galway Crys- to display your products, contact tal is planned for spouses, partners, and [email protected] Special points of interest: friends of those attending the conference. · ”The FAA is proposing to require Part The third day of the conference will fea- 121 operators to make modifications ture speakers and group meetings fol- to their aircraft to assure immediate lowed by a gala dinner (semi-formal attire, activation of the hijack alert code and please). A more extended tour of the Con- continuous transmission of that ode nemara countryside is available for those to ATC during a hijack situation. not attending the conference. · Responding to requests from the

On May 8th there will be no meetings. military and other entities, the Na- For those who wish to see more of County tional Hurricane Center will issue 5- Galway, an optional trip to the Aran Isles, day predictions, an improvement at the mouth of Galway Bay, has been ar- over the current 3-day prediction cycle. ranged. This tour will include coach and ferry transportation and will last for most · The federal government is mulling a of the day. proposal to extend rules governing

ADF Responds to TSA by Frank Hashek long-haul operations of twin-engine See www.IFALDA.org for more detailed jets to three- and four-engine aircraft. information on the conference, tours, and accommodations. TSA/FAA Rule To Revoke Airman The Airman may well find him/ Certificates For Security Reasons herself defending the certificate Aside from the meetings, there are many against evidence that may be classi- things to do in Galway. Of course, Irish The TSA plans to assume power to fied. Final action could include revo- music abounds with its lovely, haunting order the FAA to pull Airman Certifi- cation of the certificate. melodies as well as its great sense of fun. cates of individuals suspected of be- Irish beer and whiskey is famous through- ing a security threat. Under the rule, This represents a very real threat to out the world as are its castles and ancient the FAA would immediately suspend all certificated airmen including Dis- ruins. the certificate of the person sus- patchers. The ADF has written a let- See Display in SNN pected by the TSA of being a threat. (Continued on page 14) Page 2 THE NEWS “Keeping the Dispatch Profession Informed” Volume 14 Page 15

ATPAC UPDATE by Frank Hashek ADF Membership Application & Invoice

Credit Card Membership or an ADF Application may also be completed on the ADF Web Site at www.dispatcher.org. ADF The ADF was represented at the Discrete ARFF Frequency for Flight tude over one of the arrival fixes. information & newsletter will be distributed through your ADF Delegate if you have airline representati on. January 2003 FAA ATPAC (Air Traffic Crews, AOC 108-3 The FAA has published guidance in Procedures Advisory Committee) The FAA has checked on this and Name:______Organization:______a GENOT, that states all crossing alti- meeting. The following items of in- reports that the top 50 airports either tudes prior to the one that has been terest to Dispatchers were among have a dedicated ARFF frequency or Address:______City:______State:______Zip:______changed remain in effect. ATPAC the AOCs (Areas of Concern) dis- plans to clear a frequency for ARFF formed a working group to come up cussed: when a situation arises. A list of fre- Home: (___)______Office: (___)______E-Mail:______with suggestions and to review the quencies is to be made available to work of another committee that is Local NOTAM Distribution, ATPAC at the April meeting. working on this problem. An update Do you possess a US Aircraft Dispatcher's Certificate______AOC 90-14 B737 Elevator Balance Bays AD, will be given at the April meeting. At the last meeting, the FAA an- Do you possess any other certificates or special qualifications______nounced that it was pursuing a short AOC 109-2 General Comments term solution to the L-NOTAM distri- This AOC concerns speed restrictions RNAV/RNP procedures are the wave ADF dues are on a calendar year basis (January to December) plus a one-time initiation fee of $5.00 for Regular, Student and Retired bution problem. At this meeting, the on the B737 aircraft. After discussion of the future. They are planned to Members, or $10.00 for International Members. FAA advised that there was a tempo- it was determined that ATC was ade- increase both capacity and safety. rary suspension of funding for the quately aware of the situation The FAA is establishing a separate Regular Membership $40.00: For those residing in the U.S., or employed by a U.S. Carrier. IFALDA membership is included. project, due to the Congressional through communication with flight office under its auspices to develop crews and because some Dispatch- International Membership $50.00: For those residing outside the U.S. IFALDA membership is included. budget impasse. ATPAC will receive and implement these procedures. ers are including the restriction in an update on the situation in April. Student Membership $25.00: For those residing in the U.S. who have obtained his/her dispatch license but is not employed by a U. S. flight plan remarks. Dispatchers with concerns on Air Carrier. IFALDA membership is not included. PIREP Distribution, AOC 97-1 Traffic Procedures are requested to The FAA has a new training module RNAV Procedures, "Descend Via" submit them to: Retiree Membership $5.00: For those residing in the U.S. who have retired from the dispatch profession. IFALDA membership is not on PIREPs ready at the OKC Acad- Clearances, AOC 110-1 included. emy that will be included with other This AOC concerns ATC making Frank Hashek e-mail: training. The FAA is discussing "one modifications to RNAV arrival proce- [email protected] * ADF Lapel Pins $5.00 ($3.00 Shipping) * ADF Video $10.00 ($3.00 Shipping) key" entry and touch screen entry of dures and the correct phraseology in Amar Murthy e-mail: PIREPs with NATCA. An update is doing so. Generally, the modifica- [email protected] expected at the April meeting. tions include a different crossing alti- Membership $______ADF Dispatch Video $______ADF Lapel Pin $______

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(Continued from page 1) ports FAA and TSA efforts to in- to serious violations can already ef- ter of response to the Federal Docket crease aviation security. fectively end an airline employee's on these matters. career in the name of aviation secu- WARP Deployed: Three Views The ADF strongly disagrees with this rity. There are two TSA proposed rules rule. The rule mandates that the FAA On January 23, the FAA published a get of bad information: ing changes when enroute weather and a single FAA rule on this subject. revoke the airman certificate This rule appears to lower the stan- news release, as follows: hazards develop along the intended ...All too often, poor weather detec- The FAA rule number is: FAA-2002- (applicable to pilots, mechanics and dard of proof to mere hearsay, the route of flight. In the real world of Washington, DC—The Department of tion would have meant that the jet 14293. The TSA rule numbers are: dispatchers) of any person who is de- substance of which is not required to airline operations, the pilot and/or Transportation’s Federal Aviation [flying to Las Vegas] would fly into TSA-2002-13732 and TSA-2002- termined by the TSA to be a "security be disclosed to the accused. Our the dispatcher would have safely Aministration (FAA) announced to- the storm before controllers had 13733. threat". Such action would effectively founding fathers framed our Constitu- avoided that storm forming over New day that it has added another key enough information to offer the pilot end that worker's employment in the tion to guarantee due process. The Mexico with no difficulty. You may view the rules and electroni- component to its long-term moderni- a safer route. airline industry. TSA should not be allowed to over- cally submitted comments at the fol- zation plan by deploying advanced Your allusion that this aircraft would ride the US Constitution. No longer, thanks to the Weather lowing URL: While the rule spells out in detail the weather processing systems at all 20 have flown into the storm without and Radar Processor, or WARP. To http://dms.dot.gov/search/ process by which a revocation would The ADF strongly believes that the air route traffic control facilities. The help from the FAA and from WARP is put it simply, controllers can see what searchFormSimple.cfm occur, there is no discussion of stan- Constitutional guarantees of due Weather and Radar Processor—called completely implausible. The job of used to be invisible to them. Enter only the last part of the docu- dards, criteria or procedures by which process must be written into this rule WARP—allows air traffic controllers to controllers is to separate air traffic ment number, e.g. 17293, in the the TSA would make a determination before it is allowed to go into effect. see more accurate, timely weather “We now have the ability to act and prevent airborne collisions. The search box. You will then be taken to that an individual was a "security information on the same display that early — not react, but act,” said Leo- operator of the aircraft is responsible Sincerely, a page from which you can view the threat". shows aircraft position data. WARP nard Story of the [FAA], who works for avoiding hazardous enroute Frank J. Hashek proposed rule and comments. reduces the potential for weather- at the Fort Worth Air Route Traffic weather, not the air traffic controllers. While an individual may appeal the Director of Membership related accidents and lessens the im- Control Center. While WARP may be a nice addition We encourage you to respond, leav- initial finding, there is no provision for pact of bad weather on airspace. to the controller’s toolset, it will not ing concise and courteous comments the individual to obtain any informa- Thanks to alert reader, Steve Caisse, change the way airlines have safely that outline your position on this is- tion on how the determination was “When it comes to weather delays, that particular reporter and, hope- conducted flight operations for sue.. made, making any appeal an exer- controllers may not be able to fool fully, the public has been educated many, many years. cise in futility. Mother Nature, but WARP can help The ADF has responded to the about the duties of dispatchers and them steer clear of her,” said FAA Ad- the function of Air Traffic Control. docket on behalf of the membership, This violates the due process princi- ministrator Marion C. Blakey. “We as follows: ples contained in the US Constitution. can now see the same weather that Steve’s response to the FWST article: Holders of airman certificates would Subject: Docket Number: A global flight tracking system the pilots see and, as a result, make As a 25 year employee with a major be unable to invoke their traditional more informed decisions about re- FAA-2002-14293 rights to access and refute the infor- airline and an active Flight Superin- routing traffic to reduce delays and tendent, I wanted to set the record ADF Comments to the Docket: mation that is used against them. For more information contact us at: increase efficiency.” straight on WARP and correct your The Airline Dispatchers Federation Dispatchers, pilots, mechanics and info@c -s-canada.ca Displayed on color monitors, WARP comments in the third sentence (ADF) is a professional organization many other airline workers are re- shows precipitation at three different above. First of all, as required by the representing the interests of FAA li- quired to clear a ten-year criminal altitudes. The system allows control- [FARs], that Las Vegas-bound jet censed Aircraft Dispatchers. background check and are required lers to concentrate on the weather would be equipped with on board to submit to fingerprinting. Many affecting a particular airspace sector weather radar which updates every 5 The ADF acknowledges the need for things ranging from minor infractions and see a more timely view of local seconds and gives the pilots real time, adequate aviation security and sup- www.c-s.fr precipitation. By seeing both the air- precise tactical information and guid- craft and the storm, where the air- ance for avoiding thunderstorms. No If you use ITWS, craft is going, and when and where it ground based tool, especially one will return to its original path, the that only updates every 6 minutes, you’ll love controller is able to move other air- can provide as detailed weather craft around more efficiently. avoidance information as does an

CIWS! aircraft’s on board weather radar. Join the more than 500 aviation professionals The color-coded weather information being notified of Dispatch Announcements by is shown as background graphics to Secondly, overseeing this flight, there Ready for your use and would be a highly trained, certifi- evaluation. The GIF/ E-Mail! the aircraft data on the display. The system provides much more accurate cated individual on the ground em- HTML version of the Visit the ADF web page at and localized information that earlier ployed by the operator of that “Las CIWS web site is now available as is www.dispatcher.org sources of weather data and the sys- Vegas bound jet” who has primary the existing Java Version. tem it replaces. responsibility for providing hazardous weather and routing information to Visit Located at the lower, right side of After this news release, the Fort the pilots of that flight. This individ- Worth Star Telegram wrote a brief http://ciwswww.wx.ll.mit.edu:8080/index.html. the home page, select this button and... ual, the aircraft dispatcher, has far article somewhat distorting the func- more sophisticated weather display Your user name and password are identical tion of Air Traffic Control. Not all of tools than the FAA’s WARP. The dis- to the ones created under the ITWS WEB the article appears here, just the nug- patcher is responsible for issuing rout- Site (http://www.wx.ll.mit.edu/itws). Page 4 THE NEWS “Keeping the Dispatch Profession Informed” Volume 14 Page 13

News Briefs 2003 ADF Leadership FAA Improves in Customer Satisfac- issued prior to 1983 were not avail- longer with nine of the new routes David Smith - President Jim Jansen - Executive Vice President tion Survey able on-line. Now, over 90,000 addi- exceeding 1,000 miles. EWR—OKC (Delta Airlines - ATL) (American Airlines - DFW) tional records from air carrier and was the longest at 1,325 miles. According to a press release, U.S commer- Mike Timpe - Treasurer John Schwoyer - Secretary general aviation accident investiga- cial pilots have given the FAA improved Six new RJ hubs were launched in (Horizon Air - PDX) (American Airlines - DFW) scores in job performance in a customer tions, conducted from 1962 to 1982 2002. Brad Ward - VP Membership Rhonda Smith - VP Administration satisfaction survey that evaluates the qual- have been added are accessible Quantas Sets Flight Record (Atlantic Coast Airlines - IAD) (Hawaiian Airlines- HNL) ity of goods and services delivered by fed- through the NTSB web site. These eral government agencies. include five years of investigations Qantas may have set several records Joe Cook - VP Operations Brian Schultz - VP Government / Legislative / Media conducted by the Board’s predeces- by flying an A330-200 from ( - ATL) (American Airlines - DFW) In this fourth annual survey conducted by sor agency, the Civil Aeronautics Toulouse to Melbourne. The flight the University of Michigan, CFI Group and Allan Rossmore - Chief Legal Counsel Jerry Elder - Director Industry Marketing covered the distance of 17,000 km in the Federal Consulting Group, the FAA Board, before 1967. (Eastern Airlines (retired) - MIA) (Delta Air Lines - ATL) gained 9 percent in its overall rating, up to a flight time of 20 hours and 4 min- Full query capability can be found on 64 percent. utes. Brad Irwin - Director, Information Technologies William Leber - Director of Air Traffic Mgmt the NTSB web site at http://www. (Continental Airlines - IAH) (Northwest Airlines - MSP) FAA air traffic services received an overall ntsb.gov, under “Aviation.” The flight is believed to have set two rating of 84, a 1 point increase over last new records in for a distance without Giles O’Keeffe - Loraine Sandusky - Director Collaborative Decision Making year while the FAA’s safety regulation and RJ Statistics landing of 16,910 km as well as the Director Aviation Security and Intelligence (Northwest Airlines - MSP) ( - IAH) pilot certification functions registered U.S. operators of regional jets now fastest speed between the two cit- similar increases. The score for setting serve 223 North American airports ies—865 km/hr. Norm Joseph - Director Aviation Rulemaking Frank Hashek - Director of Membership clear and effective safety standards was up (Delta Air Lines - ATL) (American Trans Air) 5 points over last year’s 58 to 63. In 2002, U.S. Regional carriers an- The Qantas delivery flight departed nounced new RJ schedules on 183 Toulouse on December 24 with 12 Tracie Benson - Director NTSB Expands Its Website Corporate & Industry Alliances Tim Antolovic - Director of Safety airport pairs, at a rate of 3.5 per people in the passenger cabin and (American Airlines - DFW) (American Airlines - DFW) The National Transportation Safety week. four pilots, and landed in Melbourne Board has expanded its web site to on December 25. The flight followed James Ford - President of IFALDA Al Krauter - Director of Training RJs are also flying longer stages, with include aviation accident synopses normal operating procedures. (Delta Air Lines – ATL) (Northwest Airlines - MSP) and data covering the years from the new routes averaging 544 miles. More than half of the 2002 an- Gail Murthy - Director Publications Jeff Rehaluk—Director of Regulatory Review 1962 to the present. Previously, data nounced routes were 750 miles or (BLR Group of America, Inc.—FTW) (Spirit Airlines—FLL)

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For operators who need the advantages [email protected] Washington D.C. - On January 13, of fully optimized flight planning, but do balance limitations. 2003, Giles O'Keefe, Jim Jansen and Ike By revising parameters, the ADF We recognize that airlines are today op- not need systems integration, Jeppesen Jeppesen Sanderson, Inc. Puzon of the all-volunteer Airline corrected the inaccuracies of the · The FAA should, through the erating in rapidly and ever-changing en- offers two additional flight planning so- 55 Inverness Drive East Dispatchers Federation hand-delivered original report and concluded that: Flight Standards management vironments and facing challenges of a lutions: Englewood, CO 80112-5498 to the offices of key Congressional position, provide guidance to air magnitude not seen before. These chal- USA · The current FAA requirements JetPlanner provides access to the state- members a 49-page rebuttal to an FAA carriers regarding sufficient staffing lenges include improving the productiv- Tel: +1 303 328 4422 pertaining to the employment of of-the-art JetPlan flight planning engine, congressional report regarding the levels in their operations control ity of their personnel, improving flight Fax: +1 303 328 4160 certificated aircraft dispatchers are but at a fraction of the cost. When com- need for aircraft dispatchers. centers to properly exercise schedule management and attaining [email protected] effective and at a minimum, should bined with Jeppesen NavData, JetPlan- operational control. This can be higher levels of flight planning optimiza- The congressional report, mandated by be retained. A qualified individual ner offers unparalleled capability. Its accomplished through a revision to tion. the Wendell H. Ford Aviation who would be responsible for st FAA Order 8400.10 “Air Investment and Reform Act for the 21 oversight, supervision and Transportation Operations Century (AIR21) PL 106-181, Section management of the program Inspector’s Handbook” (HBAT). 516, was based on a study conducted should immediately fill an existing *Dispatch E-News* by the FAA on the rules and guidelines Flight Standards management · The FAA has hired and is governing the aircraft dispatch position at FAA headquarters. continuing to hire qualified profession. Outgoing FAA The Electronic News for Dispatch, is updated the first of every Month. Aviation Safety Inspectors (ASIs) to Administrator Jane Garvey issued this · The minimal number of incidents provide oversight of operational study in 2002. and accidents related to dispatch control functions. Having a single “Newsworthy items for Dispatch, by Dispatch” functions and operational control The ADF rebuttal: level dispatch requirement for all issues is testimony to the training located at www.dispatcher.org commercial operations will reduce and professionalism of the licensed · Shows the flawed methodology training requirements for these aircraft dispatcher. Requiring Please submit your articles and ideas to [email protected]. used in the FAA’s report ASIs and streamline the inspection FAR135 operators to establish and and oversight processes. · Demonstrates to Congress that the operate under a dispatch system dispatch system’s increased safety will significantly reduce the The complete ADF rebuttal is available online at benefits far outweigh its costs, number of incidents and accidents http://www.dispatcher.org or can be ordered in CD-ROM format, with FAA Report from the thereby helping the civil aviation attributed to flight planning, ADF. industry become safer and to make weather information, fuel Page 10 THE NEWS “Keeping the Dispatch Profession Informed” Volume 14 Page 7

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The First Licensed Dispatcher by Donna Corbett, ADF’s Official Aviation Historian Transport Ministers Agree To Plans For Single European Sky By ATC Market Report Staff Recently, the question was posed— others took other positions within who was the first dispatcher? The airlines, and many left the business - Institutional synergy between the EU issues that remained outstanding, From online: ATC Market Report answer turns out to be rather more altogether. and Eurocontrol; most of which concern the relation- complicated and obscure than any- ship between Single Sky provisions Just as a matter of interest, the earli- December 13, 2002 one expected. Following is a brief - Introduction of appropriate modern and military uses of airspace. In this est airline dispatcher (who actually history of the licensing of the first dis- technology; regard, it includes safeguard clauses stayed with the profession) and The Single European Sky concept patchers. Thanks to Donna Corbett for provisions that may have implica- whom I personally encountered in came a step closer to reality last week for her research and response: - And better coordination of human tions for defense and security issues, my research was Ron Stelzig, who when the Council of Transport Minis- resources policy in the air traffic con- given that the legal basis for the Sin- First of all, I'm sure your correspon- was hired by Northwest in 1928 or ters of the European Union (EU) trol sector. gle Sky is the EC Treaty. In addition, dent means "first licensed dis- 1929 and retired as Director of Flight reached political agreement on a the member states agreed on a state- patcher," not the first licensed by the Dispatch in 1974 (along the way, like package of proposals for its creation. To speed up implementation, the ment for the Council minutes aimed at FAA. While the FAA has only been his contemporaries, he became a agreement also covers three propos- clarifying the interface between civil around since 1958, dispatchers have charter member of ALDA). He once The package includes a proposal that als concerning the first specific meas- and military airspace uses as well as been licensed since 1934, with the told me how he became licensed: sets out the objectives of the Single ures: provision of air navigation ser- other issues affecting the military" U.S. Department of Commerce as the the Department of Commerce in- European Sky and its operating prin- vices, organization and use of air- ciples, based on six main lines of ac- initial licensing agency. But, even spector visited him and said, "I have space, and interoperability of equip- The European Council requested in tion: then, it is not as simple as that. no idea how to examine you for your ment. March that work on the initiative be

license, so you just show me what- completed to the extent possible by Airline dispatchers existed well be- ever you do!" (Note here the ex- - Joint management of airspace; fore the licensing requirement. Ref- Common positions on the four pro- the end of the year so that decisions treme casualness of the licensing posals will now be sent back to the erences to airline dispatchers begin - Establishment of national supervi- can be made in order to meet the am- process!) While I do know that he European Parliament for a second bitious target implementation date of as early as 1928. Those who were was not the first "dispatcher" listed at sory authorities; already active when the licensing reading under the co-decision proce- Dec. 31, 2004. Northwest, he was the first to spend dure. requirement began were simply his entire career in Flight Dispatch. - Gradual integration of civilian and grandfathered in. Therefore, An electronic version of this news re- military management; The Transport Council says the politi- whether they received a lower or I hope this gives your correspondent lease is available via the World Wide cal agreement "resolves a number of higher number on their licenses was some idea of the pitfalls involved in Web simply a function of how quickly the trying to identify a "first" where none Smoke, Fire Incidents local Commerce Department Aero- can fairly be said to exist. I wish it Help Us to Help You! ® nautics Branch inspector filed the were as straightforward as Orville or FlightView paperwork with Washington. Wilbur being the first, but it's not! From a USA Today Article by Gary Stoller What's ADF doing for me? you value your privacy and will NOT accurate and reliable flight trackingtm distribute your e-mail to third parties So, even if one were willing to go A former head of the FAA’s Flight Where are the dispatch job Standards Office as released a report under any circumstance. Also, if you through all the surviving records to openings? What is going on in ever decide you don’t want to con- identify the dispatcher with the low- on the occurrence of smoke and fire the industry? incidents on U.S. airline flights. Smoke tinue receiving ADF updates via e-mail est numbered license, it would be you can always “opt out.” patently unfair to "reward" the win- and fire incidents ADF wants to keep you informed on ner with recognition they don't nec- ~ occur on an average of three U.S. these questions and much, much So help us to serve you better – regis- essarily deserve for "being first." In airline flights a day more. ter your e-mail today! addition, many early dispatchers sim- To help keep membership costs Note: In the past, the members that ply did not stay with the profession ~ result in more than 350 unsched- as it developed. Some, as you know, uled landings annually down, the majority of correspon- were registered thru a group such as “FlightView Dispatch gives our dispatchers a reliable and effective means to monitor the status went into Air Traffic Control, while dence you receive from ADF in the a union were supposed to get up- of our aircraft. It saves us valuable time during ~ affect about one in 5,000 U.S. airline future will be via e-mail. It is an effort dates via their delegates. If your dele- bad weather and other abnormal conditions. We flights to improve communication with gate has not been providing timely can proactively manage our operations and give members by maintaining a more updates including job openings you More than half the incidents were should send us your email to make our crews excellent avoidance information.” “high-temperature” events, such as timely and efficient way to keep you Larry Gauerke, Dir. System Operations, informed and to get your feedback on sure you will receive updates in a sparking, arcing or burning, and 82% timely manner. The unions do not Air Wisconsin Airlines were related to electrical systems or important issues. have your email addresses and could For information and a free demo of FlightView, components. To make this successful, we need your not provide them to us if they did. It is contact us at: e-mail address. Here’s how to do it: up to you to send in your email. RLM Software,Inc TRIVIA: At Derrygimlagh Bog, near Clifden, in Connemara, aviation history Simply send your e-mail address to was made when Alcock and Brown crash landed after their historic transat- 617-787-4200 [email protected]. Please in- Also, please let us know if you are get- [email protected] lantic flight in 1919. Clifden is not far from Galway City. clude your first and last name. ting regular updates from you repre- www.flightview.com. sentatives about what ADF is doing Do not worry about being inundated for you. We work hard and want you with unwanted messages. We know to know it!