It’s International Air Traffic Controller Day!
Did you get cleared direct to your destination when you thought you were going to string together a bunch of waypoints today? Did the tower controller seem especially welcoming? Did…
Did you get cleared direct to your destination when you thought you were going to string together a bunch of waypoints today? Did the tower controller seem especially welcoming? Did you get a sympathetic ear when you botched your clearance readback? It could be that it's International Air Traffic Controller Day, so sited to celebrate the birthday of the International Federation of Air Traffic Control Associations—try reading that one back quickly in moderate turbulence—which launched on Oct. 20, 1961. Naturally, social media took a moment to celebrate the work of controllers worldwide. (For that matter, so do we.)
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KITPLANES Editor in Chief Marc Cook has been in aviation journalism for more than 30 years. He is a 4000-hour instrument-rated, multi-engine pilot with experience in nearly 150 types. He’s completed two kit aircraft, an Aero Designs Pulsar XP and a Glasair Sportsman 2+2, and currently flies a 2002 GlaStar.
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