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Old 24th April 2002 | 14:29
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HEATHROW DIRECTOR
 
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Lunar Landing. Not sure what you're actually after.. pilots are in contac t with ATC throughout their whole flights, although that contact may be intermittent in some areas of the world where R/T coverage is not as good as here in Europe. Around Europe it's pretty solid VHF communication and the frequencies are all promulgated in the public domain. A lot of the time position reports are not made if the a/c is in a fully radar-controlled environment - eg the UK - so you may not hear too much going on. The routes they fly are also promulgated in the public domain but in very busy airspace they may be flying radar headings which take them off the standard routes.

Unless you are high up or close to a transmitting station you will not always hear the ground stations but you should be able to hear a/c for some distance if they, too, are reasonably high.

Lastly, it's Brest, not Breast!!!!!
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