Classic British Flight Sim

DaveB wrote:Was one not suffixed MIL too :think:

Yep, but they're Swanwick-based now, too.
PP

Oo yeah.. already taken as read Pete. Tks for that ;-)

ATB

DaveB :tab:

The Mil Control room was called "MASOR" and NATS still have a presence at West Drayton as the sims are there and i believe its a back up for Thames Radar and Local area control....



Tony

Techy111 wrote:... NATS still have a presence at West Drayton as the sims are there...

Ah, thanks, Tony. I wondered what they'd done with the GENESIS simulator. That beastie has come a long way since we first ran it up on Commodore Amiga 3000s in 1992. Do these photos bring back any memories? They were taken just a few days before the ACR closed.







Pete

Ah Pete......

Thanks for those.....

I was on LUS and Seaford sectors......my qualifications only.....

Brings back some fantastic memories......I was there on the last day......

Ahhhhhh Genesis......had many a fun day up there....

Did we ever meet Pete....?

Tony

Techy111 wrote:I was on LUS and Seaford sectors

OK, here they are just days before the end. It's probably unnecessary, but I've deliberately obscured the faces as a courtesy to those involved before showing them on a public forum without their permission. Nothing whatsoever to do with them all being ugly South Bankers!

SFD/WOR/HRN


and LUS

Techy111 wrote:Did we ever meet Pete....?

It's possible but if you did only LUS and SFD, I'd have had my back to you whenever I was in the Ops Room. ;-)
Pete

I know the 3 ATSA's in that shot......the lady in the pink was my mentor.....and i know the controller on the left......at quiet times i listened in and........ehhh.....better not say..... :roll:

D watch and proud of it Pete.......

Was you in Flow....?

Thanks for sharing......I was proberly up in the bar (not open of course) playing on the £250 jackpot fruit machine.....

Tony

Techy111 wrote::Was you in Flow....?

Goodness me, no. I was a born and bred North Banker. During my various stints in the ACR - in between sitting in a big office and wearing a suit to work - I did CLN, DTY, TMA(N) - before the wall went up to produce TC - NOR and POL/IRS (later renamed LKS/WRL), hence the comment that I'd have my back to you on LUS and SFD.

Techy111 wrote:I was proberly up in the bar (not open of course) playing on the £250 jackpot fruit machine..... :worried

Funny you should mention that - I won the very first jackpot just after the first machine was installed. It was big news then - by the time I got back to the ACR, a GI had been sent around the room and everyone knew. It was £40 and it bought me a couple of hours flying at White Waltham - how times (and monetary values) have changed.
Pete

Blimey Pete......40 quid....=.....2 flying lessons....must of been a fair while ago..... :roll:

I'll turn the lights off......

Tony