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Lee Wheeler, Salt Lake City Center “Northwest 1273 thank you. Radar services terminated. You can contact Bozeman Tower at 118.2.” “Ok, over to the tower at 118.2. Goodnight, Northwest 1273.” With that very simple communication, Salt […]

Steve Walsh, Burlington (Vt.) “I’m going to be alright. Thank God.” Those were the words spoken by the pilot of a Cessna Skylane as he was just about to touch down at Plattsburgh International Airport on […]

Patrick Eberhart, Detroit TRACON President’s Award for Best Flight Assist of 2007 “This was without a doubt, an actual emergency. Our lives were in his hands.” These were the words written by Ryun Black, the pilot […]

Christopher Foust, Baltimore/Washington ATCT It had all the makings of a disaster. It was dark outside. The airport had multiple runways and taxiways – some running parallel to one another, some perpendicular. As darkness fell, the […]

David Brown and Jack Bowers, St. Louis TRACON “I’m not having a good day.” That’s what St. Louis TRACON air traffic controller David Brown heard from a pilot in the skies over St. Louis on Dec. […]

John Brown, Fairbanks ATCT On August 13, 2007, Fairbanks Tower certified professional controller John Brown was in a briefing when he was notified of an emergency taking place in the Terminal Radar Approach Control room. Without […]