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Old 11th May 2004, 07:03
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Post ATC at FAVV will be the cause of an accident soon.

I happened to attend the Aerobatics Display/Nationals at FAVV on the weekend. Got to the airfield, and went up to the tower to see what was happening. The Female air traffic controller, or advisor (not sure she can control anything) then 'cleared' two aircraft to land - one on 21, and the other on 03. Luckily the pilots were wake up and noticed what she had done.

Later that afternoon she 'cleared' a super cub (or similar taildragger) to take off 21, and another aircraft to land. Once again the pilot in the twin engined aircraft noticed, and had to overfly the cub, already airborne at that stage.

Any views on this?
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