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UNICOM and a CTAF are mutually exclusive. This distinction led to nearly disastrous consequences during hurricane Katrina as pilots flying into unfamiliar airports did not properly interpret their sectional map and communicated on the wrong frequency. UNICOM airports never have an operating control tower.
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Famous quotes containing the word world:
“The world is charged with the grandeur of God.
It will flame out, like shining from shook foil.”
—Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889)
“We come into the world laden with the weight of an infinite necessity.”
—Albert Camus (1913–1960)