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NY TRACON tour, May 2007

On May 12, 2007, nine of us got a tour of the NY TRACON from controller and Chapter member Heather Woiciechowski. Afterwards some of us went to the "Cradle of Aviation" museum which celebrates aviation on Long Island.

Heather Woiciechowski gives us a pre-tour briefing
Our fearless leader
Listening intently		 This room is where controllers come to practice and to be tested
Practice room

Heather explains		 These practice scopes look just like the real thing
Two scopes
Trying it out
After this we spent two hours in the control room itself. It was quite a tour!
Still more questions		 The Cradle of Aviation museum celebrates aviation on Long Island
Cradle of Aviation
Fran Uliano
This 707 cockpit from El Al is sometimes open for inspection
Boeing 707		 Rick Beebe trying a fighter simulator on for size
Flying the fighters		 A cutaway of a WWII glider showing just how they packed the solders in.
Glider
Cal Rogers made the first transcontinental flight from Long Island to San Diego in a Wright Flyer sponsored by Vin Fiz soft drink
Vin Fiz		 An early aviatrix
Women in aviation		 The front office of a DC-3
DC-3
The Lunar Lander was built by Grumman on Long Island
To space		 The museum is on the site of a WWII army air force field. Lindburgh took off from the nearby Roosevelt Field.
Aviation Field 2

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