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Forum: ATC Issues
16th Apr 2017, 14:23
Replies: 13
Views: 3,835
Posted By NBanker

I could be wrong but I don't think it was ever...

I could be wrong but I don't think it was ever published commercially. As far as I know, Clint had it produced privately for his family and would lend his copy to friends on request. Unfortunately,...
Forum: ATC Issues
16th Apr 2017, 07:04
Replies: 13
Views: 3,835
Posted By NBanker

Very sad news. Clint and I worked together at...

Very sad news. Clint and I worked together at LATCC and, I must admit, when he sent me a copy of his autobiography I turned the pages with some trepidation. In the end, I didn't know whether to be...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
14th Apr 2014, 13:56
Replies: 4
Views: 1,851
Posted By NBanker

Welcome to PPRuNe. I thought that some bits...

Welcome to PPRuNe.

I thought that some bits of your film were very familiar so I guess you must be the M Auld who provided me with the Lysander clips for my "Tangmere's Moonlight Maestro" film....
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
20th Jan 2014, 18:16
Replies: 5
Views: 3,003
Posted By NBanker

Yes. In early 1971 I was an ATCO Cadet at the...

Yes. In early 1971 I was an ATCO Cadet at the Field Training Unit at Stansted and I and my fellow-students were shown around one. It felt incredibly claustrophobic and, despite being young and...
Forum: ATC Issues
23rd Jan 2013, 18:07
Replies: 267
Views: 76,647
Posted By NBanker

I remember doing the same trip in (I think) the...

I remember doing the same trip in (I think) the August of 1973 but in a Navajo. We were late getting back to White Waltham and, after holding at Woodley for a thunderstorm to pass over the field, we...
Forum: ATC Issues
27th May 2009, 16:40
Replies: 45
Views: 11,826
Posted By NBanker

Fold. Didn't know there is an airfield at...

Fold. Didn't know there is an airfield at Treborough. One lives and learns.


Fair enough.
NB
Forum: ATC Issues
27th May 2009, 16:14
Replies: 45
Views: 11,826
Posted By NBanker

Well, I guess there's nothing to stop anyone...

Well, I guess there's nothing to stop anyone using it if they really wanted to but with the UK's highest airfield - Rossendale - being only 990ft amsl there just isn't any need for it. Unless it was...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Mar 2008, 10:00
Replies: 0
Views: 619
Posted By NBanker

Question E M "Teddy" Donaldson - (auto)biography

I seem to remember reading, as a young lad in the 60s, a biography (or possibly autobiography) of Air Cdre E M "Teddy" Donaldson of RAF High Speed Flight fame. It was probably originally published in...
Forum: ATC Issues
4th Feb 2008, 15:27
Replies: 15
Views: 2,244
Posted By NBanker

Hmmm... a chap named Alan Sabourin was the Deputy...

Hmmm... a chap named Alan Sabourin was the Deputy Watch Supervisor of B Watch at LATCC in the late 70s/early 80s.
NB
Forum: ATC Issues
30th May 2007, 11:18
Replies: 45
Views: 6,434
Posted By NBanker

Firestorm Ah, but that's the point - they're...

Firestorm

Ah, but that's the point - they're not frequencies. When dealing with 8.33 spacing, it's not the the actual frequencies that are passed but their channel names.
To give an example,...
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Dec 2006, 17:30
Replies: 58
Views: 32,848
Posted By NBanker

Your memory is pretty good Loki. :ok: This what...

Your memory is pretty good Loki. :ok: This what the Manual of Air Traffic Services Part 1 has to say on the subject:
12 Fuel Jettisoning
12.1 Pilots of aircraft in flight are permitted to jettison...
Forum: ATC Issues
17th Oct 2006, 19:00
Replies: 13
Views: 3,898
Posted By NBanker

Question Broadcast of arrival and departure times

Back in the dim and distant past when I was an ATCA at Heathrow, I seem to recall that the Air Controller broadcast the landing or take-off time of each aircraft. It was done mainly, I think, for the...
Forum: ATC Issues
1st May 2005, 10:31
Replies: 9
Views: 1,857
Posted By NBanker

Devil Oh, I'd assumed that Aramark must be owned by the...

Oh, I'd assumed that Aramark must be owned by the Hampshire Constabulary! :O
Forum: ATC Issues
17th Dec 2002, 09:54
Replies: 32
Views: 4,062
Posted By NBanker

Aberrant Apostrophes

ATCO TWO
Well said! How good it is to meet a fellow AAAA member in NATS. I was beginning to think that my watch manager and I - both committed activists - were the only two in the company. That's...
Forum: ATC Issues
29th Nov 2002, 09:53
Replies: 36
Views: 14,193
Posted By NBanker

Per batum? I'm no Latin scholar, roger, but I...

Per batum? I'm no Latin scholar, roger, but I presume you mean verbatim, meaning "word for word" or "as written".

On the subject of the quality of CATC instructors, if the semi-literate...
Forum: ATC Issues
16th Oct 2002, 18:29
Replies: 4
Views: 826
Posted By NBanker

No mystery there - it's because the Swanwick MATS...

No mystery there - it's because the Swanwick MATS (Manual of Air Traffic Sevices) Part 2 for the North Sea Sector says:

"The following levels are to be applied to traffic transferred between S33...
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