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Title: Virtual Tour of my Tower
Post by: djmodifyd on March 09, 2009, 09:19:06 PM
Here is a link to an online gallery with photos i just took of my tower while at work tonight.
They are taken with my iphone...so quality will not be that great, but you get a general idea.

This is only the tower stuff, as Im not working the TRACON tonight, and im too lazy to walk downstairs, plus the lighting is horrible for pictures without a flash.

http://gallery.me.com/alexnelson#100023&bgcolor=black&view=grid

let me know if you guys/gals have any questions about anything, and i'll try to answer.

DJ
Title: Re: Vitual Tour of my Tower
Post by: tyketto on March 09, 2009, 09:37:45 PM
Nice, DJ!

By chance, do you know if they're using ACE-IDS at the TRACON? They hyped the bejeezus out of it on my tour of NorCal, plus showed us the Tower version of it on the SMF Tower tour I was on.

BL.
Title: Re: Vitual Tour of my Tower
Post by: djmodifyd on March 09, 2009, 09:50:07 PM
Quote from: tyketto on March 09, 2009, 09:37:45 PM
Nice, DJ!

By chance, do you know if they're using ACE-IDS at the TRACON? They hyped the bejeezus out of it on my tour of NorCal, plus showed us the Tower version of it on the SMF Tower tour I was on.

BL.

Thanks!  Nope it is the same ids in the TRACON as the tower
Title: Re: Virtual Tour of my Tower
Post by: jonnevin on March 09, 2009, 11:36:28 PM
2 questions: what is the BAK14? and what tower is this?
Title: Re: Vitual Tour of my Tower
Post by: sykocus on March 09, 2009, 11:40:04 PM
Quote from: tyketto on March 09, 2009, 09:37:45 PM
Nice, DJ!

By chance, do you know if they're using ACE-IDS at the TRACON? They hyped the bejeezus out of it on my tour of NorCal, plus showed us the Tower version of it on the SMF Tower tour I was on.

BL.


We have it here. It is cool, but it's only as useful as the person who programs it makes it to be. :)
Title: Re: Virtual Tour of my Tower
Post by: djmodifyd on March 09, 2009, 11:43:57 PM
Quote from: jonnevin on March 09, 2009, 11:36:28 PM
2 questions: what is the BAK14? and what tower is this?

Bak14 cables are arresting cables for f16 operations, kind of like on aircraft carriers. They are there incase the brakes or something fail on the 16's

And the tower is KDSM

Title: Re: Virtual Tour of my Tower
Post by: qsecofr on March 13, 2009, 07:37:19 PM
I thought I recognized the runway layout ;)
Title: Re: Virtual Tour of my Tower
Post by: djmodifyd on March 13, 2009, 09:07:54 PM
Quote from: qsecofr on March 13, 2009, 07:37:19 PM
I thought I recognized the runway layout ;)

oh reallly