20 In Flight USA Celebrating 34 Years December 20 17
CHINO AIRPORT (KCNO) • 14998 Cal Aero Drive, Chino, CA 91710
Corner of Merrill and Cal Aero Drive Dr. Chino Airport
WWW.PLANESOFFAME.ORGThe January 6th Living History Flying Day will
feature the P-38 Lightning. A speaker panel of dis-
tinguished aviation experts and historians will give
a presentation, followed by a flight demonstration
of the featured aircraft.
Living History Flying Days occur the first Saturday
of each month at the Chino, CA location.
(Schedule subject to change.)Living History Flying Day
Saturday, January 6, 10 amSun-Fri: 10-5 • Sat: 9-
Closed Thanksgiving & ChristmasVisit us:
Planes of Fame Air Museum
Over 150 Aircraft and DisplaysSee the
P-38 Lightning Fly!
By Gen e An derso n
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he Un ive rs it y o f C alif ornia at S an
Dieg o is m aki ng a bold le ap start ing
Apr il 5, 20 18. Air T ra ff ic C on tro l
wann ab es a re g oi ng to g et a t ot al- immer-
sion e xp eri ence a t t he sc ope i n a t en-w ee k,
ultra -r ea lis tic se t of trai ni ng s cena ri os a s a
four- un it c olleg e c ou rs e. T here will b e n o
tra in ing pr ereq ui sit es, b ut studen ts wi ll n eed
visua l ac uit y and an En gl ish , s peec h-re co g-
nition c ap ab le vo ice, p lu s a b eef y P C a t
home. Th e f oc us i s o n f un ( it m as quer ad es
as a game ) an d ad mit ted ly luri ng in the stu-
dents wit h the illus ion that air tr affi c con tro l
is a f un da me nta lly a ch iev abl e sk ill , artf ull y
deliv ere d by v et era n co ntrol ler s an d p ilo ts
in th e class ro om. Th e cla ss is bas ed on Fl ag
Mou nt ai n So ft wa re’ s ATC pro (www.a tc
pros im.c om) si mu lat ion s of tware t hat r un s
on the Wind ow s op era ti ng sys tem. AT Cpro
is a hig hly f un ct ional r ep res en tatio n o f t he
Raythe on ST AR S scope in use at th e
TRACONs, comple te wi th artifici al int el li-
gent a ircr af t an d c ompu ter ge ner ated
spee ch f ro m t he target ai rcr aft o n the sc ope.
ATC pro re quire s h igh er e nd p ro ce sso rs,
graphics car ds a nd monit ors a nd s el ls fo r
$60. It fe at ures f iv e a irp or ts, b ut t he c ou rse
will only us e t he S eat tle (S 46) T RACON.
The re gimen o f ai rspac e, aircr aft , Class B ,
tra ns po nd ers, na vigation , w ea ther, 8 00-p lus
pages of JO 7110.65 W, Part 135 an d all that
is def er re d f or t ho se s tu de nts t hat wan t t o
read i t o n the ir own. Thi s course an d an y
other p ath t o t he FA A A cademy in
Oklah om a Cit y i s no t g ua ra nt eed , b ut the
stude nt s who wa nt to pu rs ue a car eer ar e
given a r oa dma p f or in cre asin g th eir
chanc es. Th e c ou rs e is r ead y fo r si gnup a t
htt ps :// ext ens ion. ucsd. edu/ cour ses- and- pro
grams /s peci al ized -ai r-t raff ic- con tr ol -at c-
tra in ing-1 at a cost o f $ 1, 85 0. Th e co urs e is
require d to pa ss aca demic s ta nda rds fo r
study an d test ing, so th e s yll abu s has
rece ive d a r ig oro us r ev iew t o meet those
stand ar ds.
The co urse i s a n e xperime nt, but of
inte res t to those th at are loo kin g fo r an
alt ern ati ve to th e FA A’ s Col leg iate
Train in g I nit ia tiv e ( CTI). Th e CTI f eatu re s
about 3 0 col leges that del iv er a robust edu-
cat io n for cand id ate pi lot s and FAA
careers. At th e e nd o f t he d ay i t tu rns o ut
that e duc at io n a nd t owe r e xperi ence d oe s-
n’t g ua rantee a sp ot at a TRA CON wh ere
the mi ni mu m sal ar ies exc ee d $1 50K. I n
fac t th e washout rate i s re po rte dly h ig her
than de si re d f or t hose c an did ate s comp et-
ing f or t he b est TRACON jo bs.
It is ex pec ted t hat s ome stude nts will
ju st k nock the si mula tion out of th e par k.Those sta ndo ut s tud ent s w ill r ece ive a
per son al l ett er of recomme nda tion sign ed
by the ins tru ct or s. R ecog ni tio n b y th e
FA A is pe ndin g an d can b e co nsi de red a
chi cke n/e gg scena rio, b ut in any cas e it
wil l be an a mazin g r ide a s th is e xp eri-
me nt g oe s f or wa rd.Gene Anders on is the cour se ar chi tect,
wh o i s a m ul ti-e ngi ne /instrument ra ted
pilot an d USAF veteran who mad e bom b-
ing ch arts d uring Vietn am. His b ac k-
groun d ha s been i n DO D weap ons an d IT
opera tions, bu t sti ll teaches at UCSD an d
the Un iver sity of Mary lan d. He work ed
wi th the Ho llywood actor Cliff Rob ertson
to wri te h is m emoirs an d a lso c reat ed the
webs ite f or Vi rginia Bader Fine Arts,
renown ed for gathe ring veteran pilots and
selling a ma zing l imited edit ion aviat ion
art (ww w.vba de r.com); ye s, his of fic e wal ls
are ma x’d out.A S HI FT IN THI NKI NG FORSCR EE NI NG
AIR TRAFF IC CONT ROLLE RS
Se attle Approac h: Alaska eight -fifty-on e
turn right heading three four five
desc end to fiv e thousand
AS A 851: right to three four five down to
five thous and A laska eight fifty on e
Seat tle Approac h: Delta f ifteen t wenty
nine re duc e speed to two one zero knot s
DAL 15 29:two t en on the speed Delta
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