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United Kingdom Air Traffic Control: A Layman's Guide - Softcover

Graves, David

 
9781840370171: United Kingdom Air Traffic Control: A Layman's Guide

Synopsis

This text aims to show what UK air traffic control does and how it works. It includes descriptions of: an air traffic controller's equipment, including radios and radars and various electronic navigation systems and aids; the different types of airspace and what goes on inside a control tower; runway layouts and numbering systems; and the operations of each of Britain's major airports, showing how traffic controllers handle each aspect of a flight, from the moment permission is given to start engines to touchdown and taxying at the destination.

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