ATC simulator?
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From: Spain
I found this through these forums:
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!
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!
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From: Berkshire, UK
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!
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!
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From: UK
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From: Wildest Surrey
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.
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.
Last edited by chevvron; 4th May 2012 at 09:38.
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From: Glasgow
I like London Control:
London Control Home
London Control Home
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From: Seattle
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.
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.
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From: UTUXA
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)
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From: On the wireless...
Originally Posted by elandel
Chevvron, Wasn't that Mike Male? Could imagine Callier building a TB9 but writing software?
