The new Potomac Consolidated TRACON in Warrenton, VA is relatively new
and has the newer equipment with flat-screen scopes, touch-screen
radio/phone controls, etc. It is an impressive facility.

Adam

On Jan 4, 2011, at 23:56, Owen DeLong <o...@delong.com> wrote:

> Most controllers still do. I haven't seen any flat-panel displays yet in any 
> of the
> ARTCCs, TRACONs, or Towers I've visited. Admittedly, it's been a couple of
> years, so, they might have changed, but, I tend to doubt they've changed all
> those displays that quickly.
>
> Owen
>
> On Jan 4, 2011, at 7:50 PM, Menerick, John wrote:
>
>> Every joke has a bit of truth.  For instance, until recently (last 10 
>> years?), O'hare's traffic controllers relied upon vacuum tube technology to 
>> perform their job.
>>
>> ________________________________________
>> From: Christopher Morrow [morrowc.li...@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 7:49 PM
>> To: Ryan Finnesey
>> Cc: nanog@nanog.org
>> Subject: Re: FAA - ASDI servers
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 10:39 PM, Ryan Finnesey
>> <ryan.finne...@harrierinvestments.com> wrote:
>>> Very true but why the reference to vacuum tubes?
>>
>> sadly it was an FAA computer system joke.
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: christopher.mor...@gmail.com [mailto:christopher.mor...@gmail.com] On 
>>> Behalf Of Christopher Morrow
>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 10:32 PM
>>> To: Ryan Finnesey
>>> Cc: nanog@nanog.org
>>> Subject: Re: FAA - ASDI servers
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 10:25 PM, Ryan Finnesey 
>>> <ryan.finne...@harrierinvestments.com> wrote:
>>>> Is anyone on the list from the FAA?  I am trying to find out if we can
>>>> connect to the ASDI servers via IPv6.
>>>
>>> vacuum tubes don't do ipv6.
>>>
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