1. aircraft are designed and tested to cope with lightning - but all depends on the size and position of the lightning strike 2. oceanic routes are calculated depending on weather conditions - pilot briefings before flight include extensive weather coverage and charts - and they have a weather radar...
http://aviation.weathersa.co.za/aviationold/getImage.php?1=sigwsaL00&2=2 CB's along the route between north Brazil and Africa according to news sources (press conference) Brazil Airforce reports they left radar coverage at 01:33 UTC and distress messages (CPDLC ??) sent at 02:14 UTC with electr...
the Kinetic SBS-1 decoder is definitely the best of the Mode S ADS-B receivers (the Airnav box is not called SBS-1 .. SBS-1 is the type of the Kinetic receiver) According to tests done by different users the AirNav receiver is less sensitive. The main reason to get the SBS-1 is the huge community su...
it's much more complicated than this... runway capacity is never "tested" If changes are studied they are "tested" in the simulator - never with real traffic everything is calculated and defined. Safety is the number one concern. 07L VORDME approach is available since the procedu...
If you would ask a bit more polite ...
I just had to tell something to Robin - not possible to publish into a public forum
but don't worry... you did not miss anything