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Forum: ATC Issues
24th Apr 2021, 07:09
Replies: 176
Views: 56,953
Posted By chevvron

Is the Hazeltine MLS still sitting in a hangar...

Is the Hazeltine MLS still sitting in a hangar gathering dust or are Leonardo going to revive it?
Forum: ATC Issues
3rd Feb 2017, 08:22
Replies: 176
Views: 56,953
Posted By chevvron

talkdownman where are you?

talkdownman where are you?
Forum: ATC Issues
2nd Mar 2016, 22:09
Replies: 176
Views: 56,953
Posted By chevvron

Too late, talkdownman has nicked it for spare...

Too late, talkdownman has nicked it for spare parts.
Forum: ATC Issues
29th Feb 2016, 02:46
Replies: 176
Views: 56,953
Posted By chevvron

Don't know exactly when Dan Air installed the 424...

Don't know exactly when Dan Air installed the 424 at Lasham however the Ecko ARAA was still in use in the early '80s until Arthur Beaton left 'cos several guys from Farnborough visited late '70s with...
Forum: ATC Issues
19th Feb 2016, 14:51
Replies: 176
Views: 56,953
Posted By chevvron

Did they re-furbish your joystick too?

Did they re-furbish your joystick too?
Forum: ATC Issues
19th Feb 2016, 09:29
Replies: 176
Views: 56,953
Posted By chevvron

By the way, what's the 'M' suffix stand for? Are...

By the way, what's the 'M' suffix stand for? Are you using the 'new' displays?
Forum: ATC Issues
18th Feb 2016, 08:20
Replies: 176
Views: 56,953
Posted By chevvron

Don't look at me; it's those 24 hours of standby...

Don't look at me; it's those 24 hours of standby duties; I like a glass or 5 of vino in the evenings.
Forum: ATC Issues
18th Feb 2016, 04:33
Replies: 176
Views: 56,953
Posted By chevvron

So you'll be back in work then?

So you'll be back in work then?
Forum: ATC Issues
10th Mar 2013, 03:11
Replies: 176
Views: 56,953
Posted By chevvron

We had an FR rasterscan display hooked up to the...

We had an FR rasterscan display hooked up to the Watchman installed in the old tower at Farnborough for about 6 months before we moved out, and it displayed the ordinary primary returns rather than...
Forum: ATC Issues
7th Mar 2013, 19:46
Replies: 176
Views: 56,953
Posted By chevvron

ASR10 is a totally processed radar which suffers...

ASR10 is a totally processed radar which suffers from track jitter. I can see it's suitable for some airfields inside controlled airspace where you rarely need track accuracy or need to do SRA's, but...
Forum: ATC Issues
7th Mar 2013, 14:47
Replies: 176
Views: 56,953
Posted By chevvron

Mooncrest: NATS Services Ltd. supply ATS staff to...

Mooncrest: NATS Services Ltd. supply ATS staff to airfields. The operator of the airfield provides the radar and other hardware, but they often have a contract with NATS Engineering Ltd to supply...
Forum: ATC Issues
27th Dec 2012, 09:42
Replies: 176
Views: 56,953
Posted By chevvron

You didn't work on the SLA1 then? We still had...

You didn't work on the SLA1 then? We still had one at Farnborough in '82, replaced by a CR62 in about '83, we never had an SLA3 of any mark although we were supposed to get the one from Pershore, it...
Forum: ATC Issues
27th Mar 2012, 08:33
Replies: 176
Views: 56,953
Posted By chevvron

almostyearly: 2) Swanwick don't provide ATC...

almostyearly:

2) Swanwick don't provide ATC outside controlled airspace; Gloucester or Oxford inbounds might work Brize Radar on the rare occasions they open nowadays and I believe Oxford have...
Forum: ATC Issues
17th Mar 2012, 14:27
Replies: 176
Views: 56,953
Posted By chevvron

Reminds me of a Farnborough Air Show before the...

Reminds me of a Farnborough Air Show before the airfield became civil licenced. I was rostered on at 10am, weather was grotty (no ILS in those days) arrived, sat straight on the PAR (Cossor CR62)...
Forum: ATC Issues
4th Mar 2012, 22:40
Replies: 176
Views: 56,953
Posted By chevvron

Was it already mentioned Cambridge had one in the...

Was it already mentioned Cambridge had one in the early 70s?
Mooncrest; there's mediator and there's Mediator. Mediator (aka Mediocre)was the ATS system used at LATCC whilst a 'mediator line' was/is...
Forum: ATC Issues
2nd Mar 2012, 13:52
Replies: 176
Views: 56,953
Posted By chevvron

Course I've encountered Lamson tubes; they were...

Course I've encountered Lamson tubes; they were the things at Glasgow where the assistant could drop their pen, resulting in the system having to be dismantled to retrieve it.
At Farnborough, we had...
Forum: ATC Issues
21st Feb 2012, 10:45
Replies: 176
Views: 56,953
Posted By chevvron

Numerous RAF airfields had the ACR7(424). ...

Numerous RAF airfields had the ACR7(424). Lindholme was one, possibly as late as 1972, Topcliffe was another; I saw one there in '71.
RAE Bedford had one too, maybe also A & AEE Boscombe Down but...
Forum: ATC Issues
20th Feb 2012, 12:07
Replies: 176
Views: 56,953
Posted By chevvron

I stand corrected; someone told me when we were...

I stand corrected; someone told me when we were starting LARS North that the Luton AR15 couldn't be used (would have been perfect) but they thought it was ex-RAF. Couldn't have been RB could it?
I...
Forum: ATC Issues
20th Feb 2012, 11:45
Replies: 176
Views: 56,953
Posted By chevvron

Luton didn't have a Watchman, they had (and I...

Luton didn't have a Watchman, they had (and I believe it's still there) an ex RAF AR15, which apparently won't interface with the display system at LTCC so it's still as they left it when they moved...
Forum: ATC Issues
16th Feb 2012, 10:10
Replies: 176
Views: 56,953
Posted By chevvron

The SLA-1 (3cm PAR) needed more hands than three....

The SLA-1 (3cm PAR) needed more hands than three.
There were two tubes, one for elevation one for azimuth. On each tube you had two buttons for servos (up/down and left/right) and a two way self...
Forum: ATC Issues
13th Feb 2012, 10:06
Replies: 176
Views: 56,953
Posted By chevvron

I may be wrong but I don't think the 430 was made...

I may be wrong but I don't think the 430 was made until after 1973. I can remember using one at Larkhill (Salisbury Plain Range Control) in 1975 and it was brand new, one of the first.
Forum: ATC Issues
11th Feb 2012, 03:20
Replies: 176
Views: 56,953
Posted By chevvron

Er Octavian; isn't 'ACR7' the RAF way of spelling...

Er Octavian; isn't 'ACR7' the RAF way of spelling of '424'?
Forum: ATC Issues
10th Feb 2012, 12:53
Replies: 176
Views: 56,953
Posted By chevvron

Yer shoulda seen the blip size on the 232; bigger...

Yer shoulda seen the blip size on the 232; bigger than the 264 and it wasn't approved for SRA's!
Now the T82 at Lindholme had superb blip size.....................
Forum: ATC Issues
10th Feb 2012, 09:35
Replies: 176
Views: 56,953
Posted By chevvron

The Watchman installed at Farnborough was MOD...

The Watchman installed at Farnborough was MOD owned hence it had permanent touchdown markers in the form of MTI markers ie battery driven devices which 'broke through' the MTI, so we could (if...
Forum: ATC Issues
9th Feb 2012, 23:45
Replies: 176
Views: 56,953
Posted By chevvron

The Lasham 'Eckoscope' was the original sarfend...

The Lasham 'Eckoscope' was the original sarfend one. A guy called Arthur Beaton was the controller there originally (c'74 - 78), however I heard a rumour he wasn't licenced. After him, Des Middleton...
Forum: ATC Issues
8th Feb 2012, 18:47
Replies: 176
Views: 56,953
Posted By chevvron

424 still in use at Lasham, the 430 being a...

424 still in use at Lasham, the 430 being a development of it using a cosecant squared reflector rather than the original pencil beam which in turn (so I'm told) was originally designed as a marine...
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