Here is an article that I just received today.
Sorry about the category "slip". This is certainly important to surveying.
go back and edit, you might still have time!
It didn't occur to me that I could edit the category. It's too late now but I know next time.....
Wendell will fix it when he gets up. It's still early on his side of the world.
Story in today's Chronicle - http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/7639468.html
New air traffic control era must wait
The FAA's modernization program is at a crucial point as the government and airlines struggle with covering the cost of a satellite-based system
"Under the FAA's Next Generation Air Transportation System program, known as NextGen, ground radar stations will be replaced by satellite-based technology. Instead of flying indirect routes to stay within the range of ground stations, as planes do today, pilots will use GPS technology to fly directly to their destinations."
All this time I thought aircraft were flying using GPS.
no they fly using engines and wings...OH HAR HAR HAR!