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Old 27th March 2008, 07:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Craig Lindsay View Post
Driving along johnny holmes drive beside the airport there seems to be a new radar tower going up near the beach .Anyone know what its going to look at or what its going to do.
It's a temporary replacement for the current SMR (Surface movement radar) while new technology equipmnent is mounted on the new Tower.
The new technology will I gather provide the vehicle tracking that Nigel mentioned together with aircraft tracking.

https://www.airservicesaustralia.com...sup/s7-h32.pdf

might give more details! If that link doesn't work go to
https://www.airservicesaustralia.com.../aip.asp?pg=50 and read AIP SUP H32/07
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