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daynehold
28th Feb 2013, 12:52
Does anyone know when the new control tower is due to become operational?
chaps2011
28th Feb 2013, 15:32
May I believe but stand to be corrected
Chaps
Sir George Cayley
3rd Mar 2013, 15:27
As erections go how big is this one?
SGC
daynehold
3rd Mar 2013, 17:15
At 61 metres it will be the second tallest in the UK.
And some comparisons from around the world:
Awesome Air Traffic Control Towers Across the World ~ Kuriositas (http://www.kuriositas.com/2012/02/awesome-air-traffic-control-towers.html)
Sholto Douglas
1st Apr 2013, 18:11
As we are now 30 days away from the start of May, do we have any more specific information?
ZOOKER
2nd Apr 2013, 14:49
YES.
Allegedly, 'Hunk Tempest' is doing his board as I type these words. :ok:
Mr Zooker, to the man in the street what does that mean exactly? I ask as a long time admirer of your work.:ugh:
Take up the Hold
2nd Apr 2013, 18:07
29th May
TUTH
ZOOKER
2nd Apr 2013, 20:28
obwan,
Many thanks for your kind words. It was a bit of an obscure post.
An ex-colleague and great friend of mine has recently been posted to EGCC. Just by chance, he was apparently sitting his unit validity exam as I read this discussion. Hopefully all went well.
Sholto Douglas
2nd Apr 2013, 20:41
TUTH
Thank you for the update
radar707
5th Apr 2013, 18:26
Believe the new Brum tower goes live 13th April, as erections go, it's not massive but quite pretty
chaps2011
8th Apr 2013, 06:21
Wasn`t the BHX tower construction started quite a while before the MAN one?
Does this mean that the MAN construction was a lot smoother than BHX or not
as complex.
Chaps
Mooncrest
11th Apr 2013, 13:20
Slightly off topic but is the new Raytheon radar operational yet ? I saw it turning on Easter Monday but noticed the Watchman was turning as well. I thought NATS may be waiting until the move to the new tower before they plug the Raytheon in.
chaps2011
11th Apr 2013, 14:08
They have been calibrating it I think over Easter. I`m sure I read somewhere
that the cut over period is very short so every thing has to be working and upto the job.
seahawks
12th Apr 2013, 22:59
New VCR likely to go operational near the end of May.
Watchman replacement mid June, projects are not directly related.
Invicta DC4
14th Apr 2013, 18:17
The BHX tower construction was completed about 12 months ago, it took until now for the fitting out.
Mooncrest
17th Apr 2013, 17:05
Interesting to note that there are now three basic models of next generation radar to supplant the legacy Watchman and S511 types, namely the Selex, Raytheon and Thales. If I recall correctly, Birmingham (and Bristol) airport has chosen the Selex whereas other NATS airport ATC units seem to be favouring the Raytheon. Corect me if I'm wrong.:\
Sholto Douglas
24th Jun 2013, 19:50
According to MAGWorld the tower goes operational on Thursday 27th June at 0200 local - that is subject to no LVPs being in place at the time.
Good luck for the move.
Mooncrest
5th Jul 2013, 20:14
I'm at Manchester as I type this. It is quite sad to see the old VCR is empty. The ASMI aerial has finally stopped and the blinds have been drawn. It's as if she has closed her eyes because she doesn't need to see outside anymore :{. Sorry to be such a maudlin old tart.