AOPA backs bill to equip all contract towers with ADS-B
The bill, introduced on February 26 by Sens. Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), would authorize the installation of Airborne Position Reference Tools (APRTs) at federal contract towers currently operating without surveillance technology. Air traffic controllers can reference APRTs, which use ADS-B data to visualize the location of … Read more