   Interested in Air Traffic Control Part II?
  Go to this site and download the free version of the radar simulator and give it a go. Tell us how you did. Just real quick:In aviation, direction is given with 0-360 degrees, but unlike math where 360 would point due east, 360 points due north and its angle increases clockwise. Also, to visualize how runways are aligned, take the runway number and tack on a zero to it and thats its alignment. For instance, runway 24 means that when a pilot is facing down that runway he is pointing at 240 degrees or southwest.kthxhavefundie 
  Well I took a crack at it and my head promptly exploded. I can see that it is a job that requires you to have exceptional multitasking skills and the ability to visualize a three dimensional airspace on a two dimensional display. Ouch!I think I''ll stick to the Radar in my trusty Lomac F-15. I''ll let the AWACS sort things out and shoot down what it doesn''t like. So much simpler. ;  I was never a radar guy in real life, but I did train for it on old converted world war 2 navy ship radar screens. Tower controlling was my gig.The game can be fun if you can crank up the traffic and space them out perfectly allowing each one in succession enough time to land and make a turn off the runway while shoving another one down the pipe right behind it. ;quote:Original post by Nervo  I was never a radar guy in real life, but I did train for it on old converted world war 2 navy ship radar screens. Tower controlling was my gig.The game can be fun if you can crank up the traffic and space them out perfectly allowing each one in succession enough time to land and make a turn off the runway while shoving another one down the pipe right behind it.   Oh? That''s the goal is it. Darnit. I kept trying to get them to crash into each other in synch. I''d pity you if you had to do tower control in some of the flight sims I play. Tower - Screwbird 11, tower, decend to 2000, maintain 250 knots, turn left heading 120, vectors to final.Screwbird 11 - Tower, Screwbird 11, I''ve already landed. Did you know that you accidently put me last in the pattern. I had to sideswipe two F-14s and a phantom coming in. I''m coming up to the tower have a coffee waiting for me. ;  lol I''d have been happy to have a coffee from the old rusty pot waiting for you as well as a few incident reports for you to sign. ;quote:Original post by Nervo  I was never a radar guy in real life, but I did train for it on old converted world war 2 navy ship radar screens. Tower controlling was my gig.The game can be fun if you can crank up the traffic and space them out perfectly allowing each one in succession enough time to land and make a turn off the runway while shoving another one down the pipe right behind it.   Does this mean you like your job?;quote:Original post by Spider-Man  quote:Original post by Nervo   I was never a radar guy in real life, but I did train for it on old converted world war 2 navy ship radar screens. Tower controlling was my gig.The game can be fun if you can crank up the traffic and space them out perfectly allowing each one in succession enough time to land and make a turn off the runway while shoving another one down the pipe right behind it.   Does this mean you like your job? I''m not a controller now, but I did back then, and yes I did like it.  