ATC simulator?

[C177driver]

Does anyone know of a good ATC simulator where I can practice vectoring? I remember an old game called TRACON but it was written in DOS.

Thx

[aldegar]

I found this through these forums:

www.atc-sim.com (http://www.atc-sim.com)

It's web based, you don't have to download it.

I remember playing TRACON in the middle nineties before I became an ATCO... you brought me back old memories!

[HEATHROW DIRECTOR]

Ahh TRACON. I never could do it - airmisses and crashes all day. However, an old buddy who was a 747 skipper was great at it. On the other hand I could land the 747 in FS but he had problems!

You'll never get a truly realistic simulator outside of professional stuff. For one thing you don't have colleagues sitting next to you to strangle when they tuck you up!

[Glamdring]

Check out London Control...

London Control Home (http://www.londoncontrol.com/)

[chevvron]

I played on something which I think was TRACON (SoCal?) in the mid '90s. I recall we had no speakers on the PC I was using but every time someone 'spoke' it wouldn't accept a heading or level change until they finished, hence all departures ended up being held on the ground whilst I tried to get traffic on the multiple ILS' .
A better one was 'Heathrow' designed for the 'original' 48k Sinclair Spectrum in the early 80s; the software was written by Mike Male who was a Heathrow controller at the time (HD will remember him)
It must have been successful because he made enough money to buy himself a TB9 G-BIAB, but he didn't get to fly it much as Talkdownman tended to hog it.

[LXGB]

Agree with Glamdring, London control is the best off the shelf sim.

[Glamdring]

I have very fond memories of "Heathrow" on the Speccy. I must've been about 11 or 12, played it for hours!

[Gonzo]

If anyone wants to relive nostalgia, I believe you can get a Speccy Emulator for Android smartphones, and I've seen 'Heathrow' on one!

[Flyboy91]

I like London Control:
London Control Home (http://www.londoncontrol.com/)

[C177driver]

Thanks everyone. There are so many flying sims out there I thought there would be a lot more ATC stuff too - especially for us that are interested.

I tried the ATC-SIM, which looks cool, but you got to remember a string of commands short cuts... and do aircraft really go fast like 250 on departure and do 140 when 12 miles final? seems not so real that way. I also thought the arc of turn would be different based on speed.

London Control looks better but seems pricey.

[Armchairflyer]

Becoming an online controller on IVAO or VATSIM might be an option as well; it's free and you get training, too.

[elandel]

Chevvron,

Wasn't that Mike Male? Could imagine Callier building a TB9 but writing software? :confused:

[crispey]

www.atcsimulator.com (http://www.atcsimulator.com) is a reasonably complicated sim.Mostly USA based but quite immersive I thought.If I remember rightly it scores you(and fires you if you mess up)

[Ceannairceach]

London Control is worth every penny.

[Talkdownman]

Chevvron, Wasn't that Mike Male? Could imagine Callier building a TB9 but writing software?
chevvron is suffering from callsign confusion again. It's his age, you know...

[betterfromabove]

Try Visual Vectoring.....

[Glamdring]

Thanks for the link Gonzo. I've just downloaded "Marvin" the Android Speccy emulator and I'm currently reliving my childhood.

[davidgkovacs]

i spent like 500hrs on London Control... good stuff:)