AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2020 - 87

If you haven't requested an FAA Public ADS-B
Performance Report on your installation,
do that today. The ground test equipment at
your avionics shop can't test every operational
parameter.
to this is for non-lead aircraft engaged in
formation flight.
ADS-B is driving ATC system changes
affecting all volunteer pilots using FAAauthorized call signs, including CMF for
Compassion and ARF for animal rescue
flights. Beginning Dec. 15, 2019, pilots can
no longer use the current method of filing-for example, CMF combined with the
last three digits of the aircraft registration
number. Instead, the pilot must contact his
or her volunteer flying organization(s) and
be issued a unique call sign that's assigned
to the pilot, and not the aircraft.
The Air Care Alliance administers the
CMF call sign, and will assign call signs

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to pilots flying for groups that have completed required paperwork. If you're a
volunteer pilot authorized to use a call
sign, contact your organization for more
information.
NEW AND RECURRING QUESTIONS

Several AOPA members report that
avionics shop owners have told them
1090ES ADS-B Out will be required to
cross the U.S. Air Defense Identification
Zone when returning to the United
States. This information is incorrect. FAR
99.13 defines the transponder requirements for crossing the ADIZ, and makes
no reference to ADS-B-much less the

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distinction between 1090ES and 978UAT.
Formal rulemaking would be required to
change the requirements.
Only transponders are required for a
number of U.S. flight operations that as of
yet do not have an accompanying ADS-B
requirement, including VIP TFRs.
Other pilots say the FAA has told
them ADS-B Out is required for operation in a TRSA (terminal radar service
area). This, too, is not accurate; TRSAs
comprise Class D and E airspace, where
ADS-B is not required.
The FAA is working on an update to
Advisory Circular 90-114A, Automatic
Dependent Surveillance, which should
be published in early 2020. It will provide needed clarification to other aspects
of the technology.
AOPA
EMAIL mike.collins@aopa.org

LEARN MORE

See AOPA's online ADS-B resources
(aopa.org/adsb) and ADS-B selection
tool (aopa.org/adsbselector).

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