Why We Say 'MAYDAY' - FLYING Magazine
MAYDAY and PAN-PAN—also used when we’re in trouble—are both derived from French phrases.
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GPS Interference Testing Remains Problematic
- May 18, 2021, 12:47 PM During an NBAA News Hour session on May 14, experts summarized the status of problems caused by military GPS jamming tests. This type of testing continues to grow and is causing GPS reception outages for all types of flight operations, and there is no plan by the military to reduce GPS jamming training operations. “We’ve seen the number of GPS interference events have nearly quadrupled in the past decade,” said NBAA director of air traffic services and infrastr...
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