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Old 16th Sep 2014, 02:20
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Capt Claret

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Originally Posted by Rabbit 1
Jack is right. Brings back memories of the times I wandered over to EN TWR, picked up the phone at the base of the tower building and asked if I could come upstairs for a look-see. 'Click', and the door opened. The things I learned just by viewing and asking questions was most helpful. Must have spent hours up there just watching. Free coffee too!

Those days I assume are long gone now but back then (20+ years ago) it was indeed an enjoyable way to learn from the controllers. As Jack suggested, give them a call.
Not at all gone Rabbit, I've recently arranged visits to bot MEL approach & TWR as well as HBA TWR. Learned a lot, and was made to feel very welcome.
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