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Visited the control tower after a lfight lesson yesterday! Neat stuff!

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A very friendly Air traffic controller answered every question I could think of! There were a few I thought of afterward that I wish I could've asked. A very neat expereince, especially since he was a retired Tower and Enroute Controller at KIAH, who now works tower at a class delta airspace airport!

Mitch Brown

Private Pilot | Aerospace Engineering Major

A very friendly Air traffic controller answered every question I could think of! There were a few I thought of afterward that I wish I could've asked. A very neat expereince, especially since he was a retired Tower and Enroute Controller at KIAH, who now works tower at a class delta airspace airport!

Nice! Can I ask where you went?

i7-6700K @ 4.5 GHz, 16 GB DDR4-2400 MHz, GTX 1070 8GB

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Nice! Can I ask where you went?

 

it was in college station

Mitch Brown

Private Pilot | Aerospace Engineering Major

They very much have a control tower. Source: airnav.com

Adam Hill

Probably contract tower... like you said most controllers come from the retired FAA pool. They make us stop working traffic at age 56.

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Nice! I went up LHR's back in 2010 during Work Experience. Awesome experience!!

 

 

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- Luke Pabari

They make us stop working traffic at age 56.

 

Why so young lol?

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Probably contract tower... like you said most controllers come from the retired FAA pool. They make us stop working traffic at age 56.

 

yes, it's a contract tower

Mitch Brown

Private Pilot | Aerospace Engineering Major

Why so young lol?

Because of the nature of the job... studies have shown some skills start to drop off when we get older...

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