Last RT Course and tour around EGNX Tower
Well this was the last of our course and the most awaited night, as we were going to be shown around the inside of the East Midlands Control Tower and Radar :)
We met in the departure lounge at 6.45pm and went up to the board room and did the usual couple of hours RT training. We then headed off to security with our passports to get temporary passes.
After getting through security we got the lift up the new (1 year old) tower (254 steps) and got out at the lower section, which has a 360 gantry for viewing - i beleive Pete called it the media center?
We then went up a flight of stairs to the control tower itself. it was about 9.45pm a this point, so fully dark. First impressions were how quiet it was, the rest of the airport rumbled with jets coming and going , the tower however was almost silent, apparently the windows are triple glazed and heated.
We had a good look around all the systems, the ground radar, tower radar, lighting systems, ATIS, etc. All very interesting stuff, see the pictures.
Then we ploded back down to the bottom of the tower to radar, a much more oppresive place, no windows just screens to look at, seemed more intense than tower.
There they had the VDF display, with the QDM, QTE buttons, and the huge monitors showing the whole central section of the UK.
It was a very interesting trip indeed.
We met in the departure lounge at 6.45pm and went up to the board room and did the usual couple of hours RT training. We then headed off to security with our passports to get temporary passes.
After getting through security we got the lift up the new (1 year old) tower (254 steps) and got out at the lower section, which has a 360 gantry for viewing - i beleive Pete called it the media center?
We then went up a flight of stairs to the control tower itself. it was about 9.45pm a this point, so fully dark. First impressions were how quiet it was, the rest of the airport rumbled with jets coming and going , the tower however was almost silent, apparently the windows are triple glazed and heated.
We had a good look around all the systems, the ground radar, tower radar, lighting systems, ATIS, etc. All very interesting stuff, see the pictures.
Then we ploded back down to the bottom of the tower to radar, a much more oppresive place, no windows just screens to look at, seemed more intense than tower.
There they had the VDF display, with the QDM, QTE buttons, and the huge monitors showing the whole central section of the UK.
It was a very interesting trip indeed.
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