That's interesting. I have a cub scout tour of our airport and control tower scheduled as a field trip for the group. It is a couple of months out but am really looking forward to it and the scouts think this is way too cool. We are going to try and get some Young Eagles flights in also.
Mark Jones (N886MJ) Wales, WI USA E-mail me at flyk...@wi.rr.com Visit my NEW KR-2S CorvAIRCRAFT web site at www.flykr2s.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Langford" <n5...@hiwaay.net> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 6:53 PM Subject: KR> tower trip > NetHeads, > > Today I needed to run by the airport and buy a Charlotte sectional to fly to > Dan's in the morning. HSV is closer than any other, so I planned on > dropping by on the way home from work. It was a really crappy day, so I > thought maybe the folks in the tower would let me visit, since the workload > couldn't be very high. I called and the guy said he was pretty busy but > "come on out right now", so I did. We spent 15 minutes just looking at all > the stuff on the scope, explaining every detail. I got a very good > explanation for how the whole controller thing works, how you get handed > off, picked up, the various airspace sectors, and all kind of good stuff. > The last guy I met was the controller that I talked to in June during my > emergency landing. He remembered every detail, and we had a good time > talking the whole thing over. > > The point of this is that if you get the chance, take that tour. You can > find your local towered airport at http://www.faa.gov/arp/ and pick your > region, find your "local" airport on the list, and give them a call. He > said it was a 15 minute tour, but I ended up standing around talking to all > the controllers, and after an hour figured I'd held them up long enough and > bowed out. They seemed to enjoy the conversation, and I came away with a > much better understanding of what the guys on the other end of the radio are > doing... > > Mark Langford, Harvest, AL > see homebuilt airplane at http://www.N56ML.com > email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net > > > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
