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my head hurts
Man I wish I could do that.
Quote from: mk on April 10, 2009, 11:17:59 AMi was sitting in the tracon...no it was not NORMAL ops as you would call it....but you don't need radar to work tower. you have runway separation and you have visual to give to departure...and any good tower controller would be hard pressed to give less than 3 miles to dept. you'd really have to launch, hold in position, launch...etc.It's pretty funny how someone who clearly has no tower experience can so easily make a statement qualifying a "good tower controller" as someone able to provide 3 miles initial departure separation from a temp tower without radar. A good tower controller could theoretically provide about 2 to 2 1/2 miles on successive departures easily, by hitting the CAT III SRS minimums each launch. Someone with tower experience would probably know this. Maybe you should ask your trainer about more specifics on tower ops - it'll only help you out in the long run.
i was sitting in the tracon...no it was not NORMAL ops as you would call it....but you don't need radar to work tower. you have runway separation and you have visual to give to departure...and any good tower controller would be hard pressed to give less than 3 miles to dept. you'd really have to launch, hold in position, launch...etc.
Just scanning through the thread... BWI DOES have a radar. It's not a radar facility, but they do have a radar feed.Justin