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GCO
- Usado para
- ground communication outlet
- Definição1
- An unstaffed, remotely controlled, ground/ground communications facility.
- Fonte1
- FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION. Pilot/controller glossary (P/CG). 2014. Disponível em:
- Fonte2
- FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION. Instrument procedures handbook: FAA-H-8083-16. Oklahoma, OK: FAA, 2014.
- Contexto
- Ground Communication Outlets (GCO) have been developed in conjunction with the FAA to provide pilots flying in and out of non-towered airports with the capability to contact ATC and AFSS via very high frequency (VHF) radio to a telephone connection. This lets pilots obtain an instrument clearance or close a VFR/IFR flight plan. You can use four key clicks on your VHF radio to contact the nearest ATC facility and six key clicks to contact the local AFSS, but it is intended to be used only as a ground operational tool. A GCO is an unstaffed, remote-controlled ground-to-ground communication facility that is relatively inexpensive to install and operate. Installations of these types of outlets are scheduled at instrument airports around the country.
- Subárea1
- Aeronautical Telecommunications