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  2. Remote communications outlet - Wikipedia

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    Remote communications outlets (RCO) are remote aviation band radio transceivers, established to extend the communication capabilities of Flight Information Centres (FIC) and flight service stations (FSS). RTR Facility east of the Dubuque Regional Airport in Dubuque, Iowa.

  3. Flight dispatcher - Wikipedia

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    Flight dispatchers are legally 50% responsible for the safety of every flight they dispatch. The pilot in command of the flight holds responsibility for the other 50%. A flight dispatcher has the legal authority to refuse to dispatch a flight if safety is in any way in question, as does the pilot in command. This is known as 'Co-Authority ...

  4. Flight service station - Wikipedia

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    The Lone Rock Flight Service Station from 1928 to 1985, in the EAA Aviation Museum. A flight service station (FSS) [1] is an air traffic facility that provides information and services to aircraft pilots before, during, and after flights, but unlike air traffic control (ATC), is not responsible for giving instructions or clearances or providing separation.

  5. Flight dispatch - Wikipedia

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    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Redirect page. Redirect to: Dispatcher#Airline or flight dispatchers

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  7. Ground communication outlet - Wikipedia

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    Ground communications outlets (GCO) have been installed at some U.S. airports to provide a means for pilots on the ground to communicate with flight service stations and air traffic control (ATC) facilities for the purpose of filing, opening and closing VFR or IFR flight plans; obtaining weather briefings and clearances; and similar communications.

  8. Flight Information Centre - Wikipedia

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    In Canada, 5 FICs have replaced some of the Flight Service Stations. 54 Flight Service Stations remain in operation, mainly at mandatory frequency airports. The FIC concept was conceived from a program begun in the 1990s by Transport Canada, and continued by Nav Canada after the company's inception in 1996. The original plan had a 20-year span ...

  9. Radio-controlled aircraft - Wikipedia

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    A radio-controlled aircraft (often called RC aircraft or RC plane) is a small flying machine that is radio controlled by an operator on the ground using a hand-held radio transmitter. The transmitter continuously communicates with a receiver within the craft that sends signals to servomechanisms (servos) which move the control surfaces based on ...