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Here’s a cool ATC documentary titled “Near Miss” from late 1999 that I haven’t yet shared here. The 45-minute British film focuses on LGA, EWR, and JFK ATCTs, N90 (NY TRACON), and the Avianca 052 crash. A JFK Tower controller I know, Dave Schoen, is also featured.
Though it’s over 8 years old, most of the principles used then to work traffic still exist today. As far as I know, La Guardia, Newark, and Kennedy towers are still running with the same antiquated equipment shown in the movie with the exception of ground radar (ASDE) which has been enhanced to allow the display of aircraft callsign and type. N90 has been upgraded slightly, now using a full-color radar display (ACD) and communication touch-display, but those systems are 7 years old themselves and no plans to upgrade them have been publicly released yet. The buildings still look the same and N90 is still just as dark in the operations room to this day. (It takes a few minutes for your eyes to adjust to the reduced light, but I actually like it.)
I hope you enjoy watching the documentary and look forward to answering any questions.
Here's the link to download it: http://www.mediafire.com/?ayzo9thxhpd
Though it’s over 8 years old, most of the principles used then to work traffic still exist today. As far as I know, La Guardia, Newark, and Kennedy towers are still running with the same antiquated equipment shown in the movie with the exception of ground radar (ASDE) which has been enhanced to allow the display of aircraft callsign and type. N90 has been upgraded slightly, now using a full-color radar display (ACD) and communication touch-display, but those systems are 7 years old themselves and no plans to upgrade them have been publicly released yet. The buildings still look the same and N90 is still just as dark in the operations room to this day. (It takes a few minutes for your eyes to adjust to the reduced light, but I actually like it.)
I hope you enjoy watching the documentary and look forward to answering any questions.
Here's the link to download it: http://www.mediafire.com/?ayzo9thxhpd
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