British Air Traffic Control 1963 – 1973 is your complete DVD guide to the landmark years of one of the busiest air traffic control operations in the world! Covering the technological leap into computerization, the DVD covers the decade in which air traffic control changes forever.

The latest addition to Strike Force Entertainment’s prestigious catalogue of aviation releases, British Air Traffic Control 1963 - 1973 looks at the who, how, where, what and why of Air Traffic Control, with an added special feature on the Volmet meteorological radio station.

This fascinating DVD features five films in which Air Traffic Control is explained, with each chapter focusing on a different but crucial part of what makes Air Traffic Control the highly efficient operation it is today. Chapter one sees the DVD step into the Southern and Scottish Airways centres to take a look at Air Traffic Control operations and how employees learn from the ground upwards about how to deal with certain aircraft and scheduled flights; it also explains the principles of holding stack and radio beacons, before moving on to chapter two where the division of airspace is explained according to the type of aircraft. Aircraft featured include the Vickers Viscount, the Concorde prototypes and even the Vulcan and Harrier jets.

Chapters three and four provide an even more detailed insight into airspace layers and zones and follow activity in the Air Traffic Control centres from receiving the pilot’s flight plan right through to checking the flight on sector radar displays. In addition, chapters three and four also explain the methods of communication between ground and air and the technology
used to track an aircraft’s destination and any aerodrome surface movement.

Chapter five rounds up the DVD with never before seen footage, summarising the use of radar equipment in Air Traffic Control and explaining the importance of radar support in regards to the expansive network of airways used all over the UK today. The chapter also features a real time demonstration of how radar is used to guide two airliners through the air by Air Traffic Control.
Packed full of genuine working Air Traffic Control centre footage this DVD is the ultimate guide for anyone with a passion for aircraft or an interest in how we manage the skies for commercial, military and private aircraft.

British Air Traffic Control 1963 – 1973 is available from all good retailers and www.networkdvd.co.uk
priced £12.99, from 11th of May 2009.