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Forum: Military Aviation
6th Oct 2017, 09:24
Replies: 80
Views: 26,990
Posted By chevvron

Nice bloke. Interviewed me for a job in AP6...

Nice bloke. Interviewed me for a job in AP6 which I didn't get because it had already been decided on the OBN.
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Oct 2017, 13:58
Replies: 80
Views: 26,990
Posted By chevvron

I can just make out the joystick situated for the...

I can just make out the joystick situated for the right hand, much better than the rolling balls we had at Farnborough!
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Oct 2017, 13:50
Replies: 80
Views: 26,990
Posted By chevvron

Judy? (can't remember last name). Maybe she...

Judy? (can't remember last name). Maybe she wasn't from Eastern then, maybe it's my memory but she certainly arrived at the same time as PB.
PBs 'failure' was strange. I was on an afternoon duty...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Oct 2017, 11:37
Replies: 80
Views: 26,990
Posted By chevvron

That sounds right. 2 of the civil controllers...

That sounds right. 2 of the civil controllers were posted to Farnborough as we were expanding staff numbers due to the need for increased opening hours for the new civil business terminal.
Didn't...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Oct 2017, 12:56
Replies: 80
Views: 26,990
Posted By chevvron

But didn't Lindholme close several years before...

But didn't Lindholme close several years before Watton? I think Lindholme went about '74/75 but I may be wrong, certainly some of my civilian colleagues in '73 had their posting notices although new...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Oct 2017, 11:37
Replies: 80
Views: 26,990
Posted By chevvron

Had a thought; could this be the civil suite at...

Had a thought; could this be the civil suite at Eastern after Lindholme had closed thus allowing for two sectors (North Sea and Mainland)? Eastern didn't close until much later did it?
We had one...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st May 2017, 09:15
Replies: 80
Views: 26,990
Posted By chevvron

Thanks for correcting me.

Thanks for correcting me.
Forum: Military Aviation
30th May 2017, 17:36
Replies: 80
Views: 26,990
Posted By chevvron

Nothing new. When I was at LATCC in 1971 we...

Nothing new. When I was at LATCC in 1971 we moved into the Mediator 1 room where the 4 main en-route sectors each had an RAF controller on them to integrate their OAT with the GAT.
Called LJAO,...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th May 2017, 13:31
Replies: 80
Views: 26,990
Posted By chevvron

Ah sorry; in my day Eastern only had one control...

Ah sorry; in my day Eastern only had one control position for the North Sea sector on a shared frequency with Northern (got a vague recollection that was weekdays only but may be wrong), so what was...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th May 2017, 10:11
Replies: 80
Views: 26,990
Posted By chevvron

Similar to Northern but only one control position...

Similar to Northern but only one control position instead of two; I presume one of the positions was occupied by the tracker, but it shows the edge lit board very well.
Data was fed to the assistant...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th May 2017, 16:46
Replies: 80
Views: 26,990
Posted By chevvron

I was there in '73 and I seem to recall that on...

I was there in '73 and I seem to recall that on the civil UAS suite, we operated with 2 assistants writing up flight data on the edge lit board between the 2 radar consoles plus 2 trackers, one for...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th May 2017, 17:41
Replies: 80
Views: 26,990
Posted By chevvron

I like to think I got the best of both worlds. I...

I like to think I got the best of both worlds. I did a 3 year course gaining civil ratings for aerodrome, approach, approach radar, area and area radar. My field training for area radar was carried...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th May 2017, 14:11
Replies: 80
Views: 26,990
Posted By chevvron

As far as I'm aware nowadays, students from the...

As far as I'm aware nowadays, students from the Air Traffic Control School at Shawbury no longer train on 'live' traffic in the tower at Shawbury, using simulators which can simulate literally any...
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