In the summer of 1974 when I was at MIT I spent the time doing two projects. First was what was to become MITES, a minority student program to see if we could get more minority students into MIT by exposure and experience. With that group I also had a project called Airport Surface Traffic Control, ASTC, using what Lincoln Lab had developed using transponders called DABS, discrete address beacon systems. Namely ASTC would equip every vehicle with a DABS transponder and we could then detect locations of every vehicle on the airport surface and with added software anticipate possible issues. I never got to finish the project but it was workable fifty some years ago!
Now the NY Times reports on the LaGuardia crash noting:
On Thursday, before the report was released, Kathryn Garcia, executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, told reporters that the agency would wait to see the report before making any changes. The Port Authority operates the three major airports in the New York area, including LaGuardia.
Duh! Like so many of our NY/NYC employees just wait till tomorrow, and see if anyone else dies!
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