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PHOTO: KLM Boeing 747-306M landing at Amsterdam. (see huge version here) © Eduard Brantjes – used with permission. See more of Eduard's work at airliners.net. ATC NEWS. Read the latest ATC NEWS stories on our Air Traffic Control News Page.AIRBUS A380 - see an amazing virtual reality tour of the flight deck of an Airbus 380.NEW: Flight Apps And Flight Tips For Mobile Phones - Adroid & iPhone This article lists the best mobile phone apps for travelling, especially for flight and some flying tips for dealing with airports and airlines. JetBlue Flight 292 - Podcast Of Pilot-To-Tower AudioWhile the Captain of jetBlue Flight 292 was busy finalizing his plan for an emergency landing he was in contact with maintenance and his dispatcher, and it was recorded by Joe d'Eon, an airline pilot who runs the site "Fly With Me." See our special JetBlue Flight 292 Page for an MP3, and an astonishing photo of jetBlue Flight 292 touching down. |
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| The Pilot's Air Traffic Control Handbook - by Paul E. Illman For the many recreational pilots who find themselves trying to avoid controlled airspace, reluctant to make use of the optional ATC services, or uncertain about the protocol of contacting the ATC tower, this book offers solutions. Commercial pilot Paul Illman takes pilots through the ins and outs of using the ATC system. 95 illustrations. [Buy at Amazon.com] Avoiding Common Pilot Errors - by John StewartThis important book brings an air traffic controller's perspective to the mistakes pilots commonly make in controlled airspace. Veteran controller John Stewart has spent years observing pilots display their lack of education, lack of flight preparation, inability to communicate effectively, ignorance of resistance to regulations, and other dangerous flaws. This book is his attempt to help pilots fly more safely in controlled airspace and to introduce them to new and coming air traffic control technology. [Buy at Amazon.com] Human Factors in Air Traffic Control - by Mark W. Smolensky Fourteen contributions explore applied areas of how humans behavior relates to air safety. Topics addressed include systems safety, human perception, information processing, cognitive load capacity, team coordination, selection and training of personnel, work station and software design, and communication issues. Authors focus on the increasing concern over the deregulation of airlines and the increase in aviation accidents. Covers general system safety, human perception, information processing, and cognitive load capacity during air traffic control performance. [Buy at Amazon.com] Tracon - by Paul McElroyOriginally published in a paperback edition, which quickly became the favorite book of pilots and air traffic controllers (although probably not of nervous airplane travelers), McElroy's fascinating, frightening saga of the events surrounding a horrific midair collision is being reissued in a "Commemorative Edition" in hardcover to mark the 20th anniversary of the disastrous Professional Air Traffic Controllers' strike the one the Reagan administration settled by firing everyone. Journalist McElroy's novel is, as he admits in a new afterword, largely a work of nonfiction lots of solid reporting, with some fictional elements added. It's also a very persuasive argument against the giant computer early warning system called TCAS (Traffic-Alert/Collision Avoidance System), which is supposed to take over automatically when planes get too close. As McElroy's hero traffic controller extraordinaire Ryan Kelly, the cool-as-a-cucumber whiz who works the titular underground room where most of the heavy lifting gets done knows, TCAS can't be relied on. Nor should we trust the FAA and the politicians who grease their own runways with that agency's bounty. McElroy surrounds Kelly with a vivid cast of seasoned controllers (and one newbie who sees the job as being akin to "tending a group of wind-up toys, all buzzing in different directions") and journalists, one the daughter of a powerful, devious senator who has his own reasons for keeping the facts about the midair crash out of the papers. This is great page-turning fun with the added punch of social and economic importance. [Buy at Amazon.com] |
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