Magic Tools for Controllers
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Just found this on ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AIR-TRAFFIC-CO...QQcmdZViewItem
Never seen one before, wonder how on earth you use it to provide separation????
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AIR-TRAFFIC-CO...QQcmdZViewItem
Never seen one before, wonder how on earth you use it to provide separation????
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I e-mailed the seller to ask what it was used for, this is the response as e-mailed to me:
to guide aircraft down runways..and to marshel them ...after and befor take off
So now we know
to guide aircraft down runways..and to marshel them ...after and befor take off
So now we know
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to guide aircraft down runways..and to marshel them ...after and befor take off
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Sorry got to be said.
Canoehead may have the answer.
Could the intention be to use them on airways, you know put ATCO's on top of tall towers at strategic points using semaphore to co-ordinate (aldis at night) and using the "light sabres" to direct the passing traffic.
There's some nice big windmills appeared near DCS would fit the bill
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I dropped a note to the vendor and he/she agreed to insert an appropriate note. When I worked at Kidlington my AME noticed my hearing loss (caused by shooting when I was an ATC erk) and he said: "It's to be expected... out there waving those bats around close to aircraft". Now if an AME thinks ATCOs do that we can't really blame a vendor on Ebay.
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From ebay on 27-Aug-07 at 06:17:44 BST, seller added the following information:
please note...this is used by ground crew to marshell aircraft and that sort of thing...i have been informed by people who are more clued up then me ....cheers...thanks to all who pointed this out to me
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Sorry Jer
I thought I heard you say something but it was muffled by the constant influx of pies to gob.
It is nice that I never post on here but you still remember. Must really fly by in Winnipeg.
P7
I thought I heard you say something but it was muffled by the constant influx of pies to gob.
It is nice that I never post on here but you still remember. Must really fly by in Winnipeg.
P7
