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Neil Irvin and Tom Gallagher, Northern California TRACON Imagine being thousands of feet up in the air, not knowing what was in front or below you. All you have to rely on is an unfamiliar voice, […]

John Charlton, Lake Charles John Charlton displays dedication and professionalism continuously as an air traffic controller at LCH, and on Sept. 23, 2008, he once again went above and beyond to ensure a safe end result […]

Kenny Ellis, Memphis Center “What I saw on March 15, 2008, was a feat of airmanship I have never witnessed from the first-hand perspective.” These are the words of controller Christopher Stephenson, and an opinion that […]

Thomas Hedeen, Denver ATCT “Any ops vehicle on Denver Tower, any ops vehicle,” controller Tom Hedeen asks over the radio. An aircraft has gone off runway 34R and Hedeen’s efforts to make contact with the pilot […]

Bruce Clough, Stephen Roebuck, John Therrien, and Bill Wood, Boston Center On Jan. 1, 2008, N83446, a Piper Seneca, was en route from Springfield, Vt. to Farmingdale, N.Y. when it experienced a failure of its vacuum […]

Robert Zeman, Chicago Midway ATCT “Everything seemed normal until he was about 10 feet above the runway surface,” said controller Bob Zeman. Zeman was referring to Flight N612KB, an EA50 that was in the process of […]