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AWOS - Automated Weather Observing System
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URGE YOUR REPRESTENTATIVE TO JOIN THE NEW GA CAUCUS
The Co-Chairs of the U.S. House of Representatives General Aviation Caucus (GA Caucus), Congressmen Sam Graves (R-MO) and John Barrow (D-GA), both AOPA members, need your help. They are required to re-establish the Caucus in the new Congress and in so doing, they have to recruit Members to join all over again. The Caucus is a bipartisan group of Members of Congress who are interested in learning the importance of general aviation to our economy and transportation system.
We need a robust GA Caucus to fend of attacks on our freedom to fly. Last year we had 125 Members of the House GA Caucus and Congressmen Graves and Barrow want to surpass that number this Congress. They can’t do it without your help.
Please reach out to Representative Raul Labrador at (202) 225-6611 and encourage him to join the GA Caucus to secure the future of General Aviation and the 1.3 million jobs and more than $150 billion it contributes to the U.S. economy annually.
Be sure to tell them that they can join the Caucus by contacting Mike Matousek (with Congressman Sam Graves) at 202-225-7041 or mike.matousek@mail.house.gov or Brandon Webb (with Congressman John Barrow) at 202-225-2823 or brandon.webb@mail.house.gov. To view the Dear Colleague letter from Congressmen Graves and Barrow to all Members of Congress inviting them to join the House GA Caucus click here http://download.aopa.org/advocacy/GA_Caucus_Dear_Colleague.pdf
Thank you for your action.
FAA NOTICE:
FAA wants to change flight training for private, advanced ratings
FAA SAFETY TEAM NOTICE:
Paper Pilot Certificates to Expire
AWOS - Automated Weather Observing System
The AWOS at the Nampa Municipal Airport provides minute-to-minute updates on:
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Zulu time of update
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Wind speed and gust
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Wind direction
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Variable wind direction
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Visibility
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Variable visibility
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Sky condition
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Cloud height
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Temperature (Celsius)
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Dew point (Celsius)
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Altimeter setting
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Density altitude
Along with the different aspects of weather reporting, the Nampa Municipal Airport can add NOTAM's to the AWOS message system to advise pilots of construction and/or hazards a pilot would need to be aware of.
The AWOS supplies its own communication system in the form of a synthesized-voice, relaying the information to pilots. Tune to 118.325 or call (208) 318-0040 for the current AWOS report.