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| Domain | Definition |
Occupations | Controls air traffic on and within vicinity of airport according to established procedures and policies to prevent collisions and to minimize delays arising from traffic congestion: Answers radio calls from arriving and departing aircraft and issues landing and take-off instructions and information, such as runway to use, wind velocity and direction, visibility, taxiing instructions, and pertinent data on other aircraft operating in vicinity. Transfers control of departing flights to and accepts control of arriving flights from air traffic control center, using telephone or interphone. Alerts airport emergency crew and other designated personnel by radio or telephone when airplanes are having flight difficulties. Pushes buttons or pulls switches to control airport floodlights and boundary, runway, and hazard lights. Scans control panel to ascertain that lights are functioning. Operates radio and monitors radarscope to control aircraft operating in vicinity of airport. Receives cross-country flight plans and transmits them to air traffic control center. Signals aircraft flying under visual flight rules, using electric signal light or flags. May control cross-runway traffic by radio directions to guards or maintenance vehicles. May keep written record of messages received from aircraft. May control traffic within designated sector of airspace between centers and beyond airport control tower area and be designated Air-Traffic-Control Specialist, Center (government ser.). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: AIR-TRAFFIC-CONTROL SPECIALIST, TOWER |
| Specialty definitions using "AIR-TRAFFIC-CONTROL SPECIALIST, TOWER": AIR-TRAFFIC COORDINATOR. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 49 52 2D 54 52 41 46 46 49 43 2D 43 4F 4E 54 52 4F 4C 53 50 45 43 49 41 4C 49 53 54 2C 54 4F 57 45 52 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01001001 01010010 00101101 01010100 01010010 01000001 01000110 01000110 01001001 01000011 00101101 01000011 01001111 01001110 01010100 01010010 01001111 01001100 00100000 01010011 01010000 01000101 01000011 01001001 01000001 01001100 01001001 01010011 01010100 00101100 00100000 01010100 01001111 01010111 01000101 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A I R - T R A F F I C - C O N T R O L   S P E C I A L I S T ,   T O W E R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0049 0052 002D 0054 0052 0041 0046 0046 0049 0043 002D 0043 004F 004E 0054 0052 004F 004C 0053 0050 0045 0043 0049 0041 004C 0049 0053 0054 002C 0054 004F 0057 0045 0052 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)354352155452354040433715374948545249462535039374335464353541425449573952 |
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