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Air
Traffic Services Index
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GENERAL |
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< Read the ANA brochure Flying With an Ear to the Ground c.1948-49
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Download a Movie Clip: A Position Report, 1950s-style The Phonetic Alphabet - Old & New Read about the 'Q' code Australian Company Radio Callsigns A list of Unit and equipment acronyms used on this site
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AERADIO
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< Read about The Early Days of Aeradio on Lord Howe Island |
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< Take a tour through a typical Aeradio station - 1939 |
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Look around Karumba Aeradio & Flying Boat
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Photos of Launceston/Western Junction: See a photo of Nhill Aeradio - 1939 & 2009 Read about Aeradio during World War II Cloncurry Aeradio station - 1940 Daly Waters Aeradio station - 1940s Halls Creek Aeradio - 1941-42 Read about Kempsey Aeradio and the Flood of '49 See a photo of Sydney Aeradio c. late 1950s See a photo of Bundaberg Aeradio 1954
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FLIGHT
SERVICE
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Photos of Bundaberg Flight Service Unit: |
Photos of Wynyard Flight Service Unit and read about the unique railway crossing - 1960s Photo inside Devonport Flight Service Unit - 1975 Photo inside Mildura Flight Service Unit - c.mid-1970s Photo inside Melbourne Flight Service Centre - 1976 Photo of the former Flight Service Unit building at Charleville - 2001 Photos of the former FSU at Dubbo - 2007 - also used for a 6-month Unicom trial from December 2007
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AIR
TRAFFIC CONTROL
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Read a DCA pamphlet on The Air Traffic Control Service c.1950 View the Essendon ATC complex - c. early 1950s See a Runway Selection Diagram for ATC and aircrews - 1955 Read a 1956 Press Release concerning new ATC facilities See a photo of the 1967 ATC Standardisation Meeting Examine a chart showing the extent of controlled airspace and radar coverage - 1967 Read some ATC humour from the Melbourne AACC Quote Book 1977-81 and the Launceston ACC Quote Book 1981-89 Read a Departmental 'Information Paper' on The Use of Radar in Air Traffic Control - c.1980s Read an essay on Air Traffic Control surveillance systems, including the difference between Primary and Secondary radar
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL CAREERS
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< Read a recruiting brochure - c.1964 |
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< Read a recruiting brochure - 1979 |
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TOWER CONTROL Read about the Signal Square Photo of an Air Traffic Controller using the Aldis signalling lamp and Very flare pistol - late 1940s. Read about Control Towers Part 1 (1937-1946), Part 2 (post-1946)
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Photo of Sydney/Mascot Tower c.1937 |
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Photo of Sydney/Mascot second Tower & Ops/Admin/Terminal building - c.1945 |
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Photos of Adelaide/Parafield Ops-Admin Building, Passenger Terminal & Control Tower number 2: |
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Photos of Adelaide/Parafield Control Tower number 3 - 2008 |
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Photos of the Brisbane/Archerfield Ops-Admin Building, Passenger Terminal & Control Tower number 1: |
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Photo of the Brisbane/Archerfield Control Tower number 2:
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Photo of a primitive early post-War 'Control Tower' in New Guinea - c.late 1940s |
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Photos of Melbourne/Essendon Towers numbers 1 & 2:
Photo of the Essendon ATC complex c.early 1950s
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Photos of Hobart/Cambridge Control Tower c. early 1950s - external & internal Photos and early history of Mangalore Tower - c.1950 Photos of Adelaide/West Beach Control Tower #2 - 1956 & 2008 |
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Photos of Melbourne/ Essendon Control Tower number 3 (present Tower): |
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The Control
Towers of Melbourne/Tullamarine Airport: |
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The Control Towers of Melbourne/Moorabbin:
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< Download a short history of Moorabbin Airport & Control Tower by clicking on the icon at left. (260 KB .pdf file) |
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Photo of Perth/Guildford first Control Tower - 1960 |
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Photos of Perth/Guildford second Control Tower & Fire Station: |
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The Control Towers of Darwin: |
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Photos of Mackay Control Tower and Terminal, 1968 - outside & inside Photo of DCA Control Launch C.A.15 at Rose Bay - 1969 Photo from inside Sydney/Kingsford Smith Control Tower - April 1968 Photo of the old Control Tower at Adelaide/West Beach - c. late 1960s Photo of Tamworth Tower - c.early 1970s Photo of Rockhampton Tower - c.1970s Photos of Port Moresby/Jacksons, Papua, Control Tower c.1971-73 - inside and outside
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Read about the temporary Control Tower at Fitzroy Crossing for the visit of Princess Margaret in 1972 |
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Read about the Proserpine 'Pie Cart' (Mobile Control Tower) - 1977 |
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Photo of the temporary Control Tower for the Birdsville Races - 1982 |
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Photos of Canberra Tower inside & out - 1976-2008 |
Rare photo of two Towers at Karratha (also the FSC/BO) - 1987 Photo inside Sydney/Kingsford Smith's fourth Tower - 1989
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Photos of Brisbane Tower number 3: |
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Photos of Albury Tower - 2007
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The remarkable story of Gove Tower |
Photo of
Adelaide/West Beach Tower #3 - 2008
Photos of:
Read about The Semi-Automatic Level Assignment Board Photo in the Sydney Area Control Centre 1956 showing the Semi-automatic Level Assignment Board Photo in the Launceston Area Control Centre 1968 showing the Semi-automatic Level Assignment Board Photo of the 'Bright Display' radar display system -1977 Aerial photo c.2003 showing the location of Melbourne's three Air Traffic Control Centres Photo of Melbourne Area Approach Control Centre - 1979 (Bright Display) Photo of Melbourne Area Approach Control Centre c.1980s (Bright Display) Photo of the 'new' Melbourne Area Approach Control Centre c.1988 (ATCARDS) Panorama of the Melbourne AACC - Nov 1993 (ATCARDS) Some photos of the third Air Traffic Services Centre at Melbourne/Tullamarine (TAAATS) - c.1999-2000.
OPERATIONAL CONTROL & BRIEFING Photos of Essendon Briefing 1948-49 & 1989 Photo of Moorabbin Briefing c.1970s Photos of Bundaberg Briefing - 1979 Flight Plan & route briefing pack for Ansett Electra VH-RMC, Melbourne-Sydney - 1966 The Domestic Flight Plan Form & flight plan approval - 1990
Melbourne Air Traffic Control Simulator Instructors, c.1992.
For radar & messaging, go to the Communications & Navigation index
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AVIATION
SEARCH AND RESCUE (SAR)
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Photos of a SAR stores dropping exercise involving a TAA Fokker F-27 - 1981 Photo of DoA Gulfstream 1000 VH-LTJ being tested for dropping SAR stores, c.1983 Photo of loading SAR stores aboard a Departmental G1000 Try the link to AusSAR on our links page.
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