USA - Navy - Airport Overview - Control Tower -
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Image ID: 1068821
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Operator: USA - Navy - -
Aircraft: - Airport Overview - - Control Tower
Airport: USA - California - San Diego - USS Midway Museum
Category: Main database
Photo taken on 2018-5-1 by Jetzguy [Contact]
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Photographer's remark
(5.6.2018, 02:54 CET)
This is the "control tower" on the USS Midway aircraft carrier. The US Navy calls this "Pri Fli" or Primary Flight Control. The Air Boss controls the landing traffic and all activity aft and the Mini Boss controls all launching activity and deck activity forward. The Air Boss sits in the corner seat facing across the deck and landing areas with the Mini Boss facing across the deck and forward. The windows closer to the ship's structure are for the petty officers running the arresting gear. They change settings for each aircraft landing with the aircraft type, fuel state and weapons load on return being calculated for each landing. Other petty officers provide a wax board were they write the pending arrivals and departures for the bosses. All written backwards from the back side of the clear plexiglass board. There is a camera system located behind the curved glass below that records all the landing and launch activity.
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