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If the chap is applying to NATS then, if succesful, he will end up as an ATCO. Sitting with an A/G op at a tiny airfield will not be of much benefit.
I've never heard of LITAS!
I've never heard of LITAS!
Low Intensity Two colour Approach System Bren, showed green for 'on GP' and red for 'below GP'.
We were taught about it on our aerodrome course (it was still in the 'Air Pilot' too as far as I recall) back in '72, and told the last ones had just been withdrawn. I think it was used as a cheap system on smaller airfields prior to VASIs, which were in turn replaced by PAPIs.
We were taught about it on our aerodrome course (it was still in the 'Air Pilot' too as far as I recall) back in '72, and told the last ones had just been withdrawn. I think it was used as a cheap system on smaller airfields prior to VASIs, which were in turn replaced by PAPIs.
Same vintage as LITAS was AAI (Angle of Approach Indicator) but even I can't remember how that worked, although I did see one on Peter Cadbury's airfield at Preston Candover (now long gone)!
OK then, from the 'Manual of Air Traffic Control' (no not 'MATS Part 1), define 'slush'.
OK then, from the 'Manual of Air Traffic Control' (no not 'MATS Part 1), define 'slush'.
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Without even looking..
SLUSH. - A water-saturated snow, which with a heel-and-toe slap down action with the foot against the ground, will be displaced with a splatter.
Sorry Chevvron, that's MATS Pt1.
……Dashes upstairs to consult MATC Pt.1, (which also contains some Preston procedures too).
SLUSH. - A water-saturated snow, which with a heel-and-toe slap down action with the foot against the ground, will be displaced with a splatter.
Sorry Chevvron, that's MATS Pt1.
……Dashes upstairs to consult MATC Pt.1, (which also contains some Preston procedures too).
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From the days when you needed a good 'Radio Voice'....
Or Morse Code at 25wpm.
Position report 1950s style - video
Or Morse Code at 25wpm.
Position report 1950s style - video
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Originally Posted by chevvron
Don't have access to MATS Pt1 as I'm not at work
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chevvron,
Just checked out the latest CAP493, and the 'direction of splatter' is not specified.
Still never found the ICAO definition of 'a splatter' though.
P.S. The EGCC Tapley Meter is right here, in my kitchen. Oh, and Mr. Tapley still makes them…….And they look the same.
Freddies, ignore all this banter. It won't be part of your assessment.
Just checked out the latest CAP493, and the 'direction of splatter' is not specified.
Still never found the ICAO definition of 'a splatter' though.
P.S. The EGCC Tapley Meter is right here, in my kitchen. Oh, and Mr. Tapley still makes them…….And they look the same.
Freddies, ignore all this banter. It won't be part of your assessment.
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The numbers in the AIP should be to either an assistant or a supervisor, the operational positions normally don't have published numbers.
That being said, should you call somebody who is too busy they will tell you so, in other words I wouldn't worry about it.
That being said, should you call somebody who is too busy they will tell you so, in other words I wouldn't worry about it.
