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Forum: ATC Issues
5th May 2021, 08:42
Replies: 176
Views: 57,136
Posted By Talkdownman

I doubt I would be able to bite my tongue either....

I doubt I would be able to bite my tongue either. A lot of what Clint wrote 'struck a chord'... ;-)
Forum: ATC Issues
4th Apr 2021, 14:06
Replies: 176
Views: 57,136
Posted By Talkdownman

Thanks for that! Yes, it has been a long and very...

Thanks for that! Yes, it has been a long and very varied career on which to reflect. I dunno about records, but I wouldn't mind a quid for each validation. I wish I had kept an air traffic diary, and...
Forum: ATC Issues
4th Apr 2021, 05:50
Replies: 176
Views: 57,136
Posted By Talkdownman

Lasham 424 now on the scrap heap, and me along...

Lasham 424 now on the scrap heap, and me along with it.

Clocks off...


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Forum: ATC Issues
28th Feb 2016, 22:02
Replies: 176
Views: 57,136
Posted By Talkdownman

It started life as a Decca 424, and dates from...

It started life as a Decca 424, and dates from the early to mid-fifties, so it is around 60 years old. Story goes that Dan-Air procured in the early seventies from an ex-Navy source. Sadly the long...
Forum: ATC Issues
19th Feb 2016, 15:11
Replies: 176
Views: 57,136
Posted By Talkdownman

Oh, come on, get a grip...

Oh, come on, get a grip...
Forum: ATC Issues
19th Feb 2016, 13:20
Replies: 176
Views: 57,136
Posted By Talkdownman

(M) = Maris (U K) Ltd, ie. the company which...

(M) = Maris (U K) Ltd, ie. the company which refurbished the head and turning gear, and installed solid state electronics and flat screen daylight-viewing displays.
Forum: ATC Issues
18th Feb 2016, 08:53
Replies: 176
Views: 57,136
Posted By Talkdownman

No problem. That's a pre-requisite for operating...

No problem. That's a pre-requisite for operating a 424...
Forum: ATC Issues
18th Feb 2016, 08:03
Replies: 176
Views: 57,136
Posted By Talkdownman

Dunno. Somebody will have to be. Could be a...

Dunno. Somebody will have to be. Could be a vacancy for another 424 ATCO!
Forum: ATC Issues
17th Feb 2016, 18:55
Replies: 176
Views: 57,136
Posted By Talkdownman

The Decca 424 at Lasham is turning and burning in...

The Decca 424 at Lasham is turning and burning in its new guise as a 424(M)
Forum: ATC Issues
21st Aug 2013, 16:18
Replies: 176
Views: 57,136
Posted By Talkdownman

Anybody got any 424 spare parts for disposal,...

Anybody got any 424 spare parts for disposal, please? Anything considered....
Forum: ATC Issues
22nd Mar 2013, 16:59
Replies: 176
Views: 57,136
Posted By Talkdownman

Our 424 is probably, by now, the last. It's...

Our 424 is probably, by now, the last. It's certainly now breathing its last :{
Forum: ATC Issues
27th Mar 2012, 08:34
Replies: 176
Views: 57,136
Posted By Talkdownman

No. It's not connected. Aerodrome licensing is to...

No. It's not connected. Aerodrome licensing is to protect users of Public Transport. The ANO requires that, in the United Kingdom, most flights for the public transport of passengers take place at a...
Forum: ATC Issues
17th Mar 2012, 20:36
Replies: 176
Views: 57,136
Posted By Talkdownman

No-one would dare venture behind that black...

No-one would dare venture behind that black curtain to relieve you...


So, what do you do for a challenge now...
Forum: ATC Issues
2nd Mar 2012, 10:03
Replies: 176
Views: 57,136
Posted By Talkdownman

A suite of a couple of splittable sectors each...

A suite of a couple of splittable sectors each with two 22" flat-tops with suspended Flight Progress Boards separated by a Chief Sector Controller's comms panel, two or three long-range verticals and...
Forum: ATC Issues
15th Feb 2012, 19:12
Replies: 176
Views: 57,136
Posted By Talkdownman

No 'perhaps'. Definitely.. Interesting...

No 'perhaps'. Definitely..


Interesting bit in Tchocky's link:


The pencil beam is very thin. Nowadays this necessitates (or should necessitate...) re-ident...
It's a horrible feeling when...
Forum: ATC Issues
15th Feb 2012, 08:39
Replies: 176
Views: 57,136
Posted By Talkdownman

Awaiting developments...

Awaiting developments...
Forum: ATC Issues
12th Feb 2012, 16:59
Replies: 176
Views: 57,136
Posted By Talkdownman

Link repeated here...

Link repeated here (http://www.ekco-electronics.co.uk/ARAA/ARAA.htm) (to satisfy the ten character posting requirement!). Perhaps the 'sort of periscope' in the film...
Forum: ATC Issues
11th Feb 2012, 15:25
Replies: 176
Views: 57,136
Posted By Talkdownman

Just love all the civil titles: "Pilot Meredith",...

Just love all the civil titles: "Pilot Meredith", "Chief Controller Cusworth".
Just imagine: "Assistant Sector Controller Smith please be so kind as to coordinate Viking George Able How Oboe Uncle...
Forum: ATC Issues
11th Feb 2012, 08:15
Replies: 176
Views: 57,136
Posted By Talkdownman

Both are in the film...

Both are in the film (http://www.ekco-electronics.co.uk/videos/airfield.wmv)...
Forum: ATC Issues
10th Feb 2012, 19:46
Replies: 176
Views: 57,136
Posted By Talkdownman

It's Ekco....E. K. Cole. Here's a link about...

It's Ekco....E. K. Cole.

Here's a link about the ARAA (http://www.ekco-electronics.co.uk/ARAA/ARAA.htm) with a video showing its use (http://www.ekco-electronics.co.uk/videos/airfield.wmv), and...
Forum: ATC Issues
10th Feb 2012, 11:25
Replies: 176
Views: 57,136
Posted By Talkdownman

HD, you were paid half-a-crown per SRA then... ...

HD, you were paid half-a-crown per SRA then...


We are ATCOs...


We had three at Heathrow, so ner. The East, the West and the 'T'...er...didn't we...?

I'll have another glass of...
Forum: ATC Issues
10th Feb 2012, 10:04
Replies: 176
Views: 57,136
Posted By Talkdownman

Still is, still does, still do, still has, still...

Still is, still does, still do, still has, still isn't. And all with classic tangential fade...
If it hadn't been for John Townsend I would never have understood such a radar...
Forum: ATC Issues
9th Feb 2012, 17:25
Replies: 176
Views: 57,136
Posted By Talkdownman

We had an ARAA at Elstree mid sixties. Never saw...

We had an ARAA at Elstree mid sixties. Never saw it working. Rain came through the necessary hole in the roof...
There was also one at Lasham early seventies. Might have been Sahfend's reject. I...
Forum: ATC Issues
9th Feb 2012, 08:59
Replies: 176
Views: 57,136
Posted By Talkdownman

Ah, more spares.....

Ah, more spares.....
Forum: ATC Issues
9th Feb 2012, 08:14
Replies: 176
Views: 57,136
Posted By Talkdownman

News to me. It's still turning, and still...

News to me. It's still turning, and still burning...as long as there is a good supply of Ford Anglia fan-belts...


She's off an early fifties frigate. Spares available at the Science Museum...
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