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  1. The Hidden Legacy of Windows 95 in U.S. Air Traffic Control Systems

    When most people think about air travel, they picture sleek jets cutting through clouds, satellite-guided navigation, and the kind of advanced technology that seems to belong more to the future than the past. What virtually no one pictures is a 30-year-old operating system—Windows 95—quietly but...
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  2. FAA's Air Traffic Control Modernization: Moving Beyond Floppy Disks to the 21st Century

    Few images can conjure a sharper contrast with the cutting edge than a modern U.S. air traffic control room—one of the busiest nexuses of aviation in the world—relying on floppy disks and Windows 95 to guide aircraft safely across the skies. It is a juxtaposition both reassuring and unnerving...
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