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Old 23rd Mar 2012, 16:13   #1 (permalink)
 
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Novels about ATC
Besides the novels
TRACON TRACON
by Paul McElroy and
Radar Contact Lost Radar Contact Lost
by Richard E. Smith, is anyone aware of any recent ATC novels available on Kindle or other e-book format?
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while it is not strictly ATC, it has great ATC elements...however it is not recent....."The Crowded Sky".
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There was one written many years ago in New Zealand about a collision between a light aircraft and a DC8 over Titahi Bay, Wellington. I thought its title was something like "Airscream" but I can't find that anywhere on the net. It was quite a good read and its central plot revolved around wrong QNH settings and the tragic results.
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Again, not wholly centred around ATC, but with ATC elements:

"Band of Brothers", Ernest K Gann.
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Corporate Blue - Daniel Myers
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Tolkien - The Two Towers?
and last part " The Return of the Supervisor"
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Sorry plazbot, don't get it........................
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cambioso: ICAO document 4444 (ATC Bible).
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Old 26th Mar 2012, 19:04   #12 (permalink)
 
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There was one written many years ago in New Zealand about a collision between a light aircraft and a DC8 over Titahi Bay, Wellington. I thought its title was something like "Airscream" but I can't find that anywhere on the net. It was quite a good read and its central plot revolved around wrong QNH settings and the tragic results.
A few available on Amazon...

Airscream [Hardcover]
John Bruce (Author)

Product Details
Hardcover: 348 pages
Publisher: Atheneum Publishers (1978)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0002220032
ISBN-13: 978-0002220033
Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 1.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
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Just my personal opinion, I thought "Airscream" was fairly horrible, although the premise was based on an event that actually took place. (ATIS tape put back upside-down after machine serviced. Played last months' ATIS.)
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