SIMPILOT FORUM FLIGHT RALLY #02

Date: Sunday, March 24th, 2002
Time: 3pm EST (2000Z)


ID Elevation Latitude Longitude ATIS Freq.
KTNT +14 N25° 51.71' W80° 53.82' ******

 
Runway Length Surface ILS/LOC Freq. ILS ID
9 10498 Asphalt 108.30 ITNT
27 10498 Asphalt ****** ****

The destination for the SimPilot Forum's second Flight Rally is Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport in Miami, Florida USA!

Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport (KTNT) Aerial Photo This obscure airport was built in the South Florida Everglades to provide service for the Miami area by the US Supersonic Transport Program, but was never put into commercial service.

After the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington on September 11th, 2001, aviation security officials and local bureaucrats are seeking to improve the airport for use as an isolation center for which threatening aircraft can be diverted. The airport is 36 miles west of Miami, in the Everglades Swamp, and has a 10,498 foot airstrip plus the distinct advantage of being in the "middle of nowhere".

Proponents are looking for funding for lights and observation platforms, plus $800,000 for bulletproof assault vehicles with hydraulic ramps for captive aircraft interdiction. The airport also could potentially serve as a reliever airport for Miami International Airport, which is seen by local officials as being poorly equipped for dealing with hijack or threat situations due to a lack of specialty facilities.

There is scenery for this airport in Microsoft's "Flight Simulator" version 5.1 CD to 2002, subLogic's "Flight" and "Flight Light", as well as subLogic's "Scenery Disk 7" and "USA East" scenery packs which can be used with Microsoft's "Flight Simulator" 4.0b, subLogic's "Airline Transport Pilot", and Nomissoft's "Airline Simulator 2".

Download the file KTNTKMIA.GIF in Files Section 3 (Navigation) for an aeronautical chart of the area, and KTNTILS9.GIF in Files Section 3 (Navigation) for for an instrument approach plate of ILS Runway 9.

Please join us on Sunday, March 24th for the second SimPilot Forum Flight Rally, and make sure to visit Conference Room 5 (Fly Online/FS Rallies) after your flight to let us know all about it!


Download RALLIES.TXT or RALLIES.HTM from Files Section 11 (Fly Online/FS Rallies) for detailed information on the SimPilot Forum Flight Rallies. If you need any further info or help be sure to post a message in Message Section 11 (Fly Online/FS Rallies). We'll be looking forward to seeing you there!


Rich „Weeds„ Nagel
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