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Hello air fans! I've been logging WestJet Encore aircraft using the call sign "Pass Code" or "Passcode" along with their flight number for a while now. I'm located in Calgary Alberta Canada - WestJet's headquarters city (YYC). ICAO document 8585 lists out what is approved for use and I see that...

FAA Releases Privacy Plan for ADS-B November 4, 2019 The FAA is putting one of the final pieces in place for the transition to the January 1,2020 ADS-B deadline, releasing a plan to protect the privacy of operators from real-time flight-tracking services. The Privacy ICAO Address (PIA) Program...

I was listening to MWARA frequencies on CAR-B 6586 kHz and I could hear the New York station and the aircraft. After most transmissions, the person at New York said "err" or "air" or something that sounded like that. I was reading the ARINC operating procedures handbook (yes ARINC is different...