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Editor : Patrice Bghier Contents 98, Avenue de llObserva~oire 4000 - LIEGE (Belgium) Page Advertisement Manager: Editorial 2 Jo Florax Obituary 3 The Vice President writes by Artwork: by Geoff Gillett 4 Martin Germans At Flight Level 230 above the Alps by Manfred Jenz 5 Staff Writers: Maastricht Control has time for Norman Brown Tigers Paul Booper by Arnold Booy and Jo Florax 7 Eurocontrol was also there Address : Liege Airshow by INPUT Patrice Bghier 10 Fostbox 47 Impressions of a visit to Rhein 6190 AA BEEK Control The Netherlands. by Arthur KraRl 12 ( Mitsubishi Bizjets Bank: by So Flarax 15 AMRO BANK BEEK TCAS Experimentation Account nr.: 46.86.12.254 Part one - in the U.S.A. 17 Collission Statistics in the U.S.A. 18 Subscription Rate: Le Bourget Report Hfl h,-- per issue plus postage. by Philippe Domagala 19 In Reply "The Teneriffe Disaster" bp Philippe Domegala 2 2 Contributors are expressing their A Poem for a Pension by Eurospera 24 personal points a£ view and opinions, Eindhoven's Special Fly-in which are not necessarily those of by Danny Grew 2 5 their employers or EGATS. EGATS does L ondon European Airways not assume responsibility for state- by Paul Hooper 28 ments made and opinions expressed therein. It does accept responsibility for giving contributors an opportunity to express their views and opinions. No part of this magazine may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without written permission by the editor. EDITORIAL EDITORIAL PAGE Gentlemen - and we use the term loosely - introducing the new editorial team. In the corner that famous middle- weight, Paul . Hooper; in the red h corner, that lightweight of remain: Joe Patrice Behier f, . Florax; seconds Geoff Gillett and Norman Brown; painting the corner posts: Martin Germans; referer to the whole show, your editor Patrice Bghier. What a team! Yes folks! You read it right. The Hoop and Scoop are back in business. Dedicated to the cause of a free and merry Input; but above all free! Geoff Gillett It is customary on the occasion of . a hand-over of Editorshipof thismaga- zine, for the incoming sucker, er . Editor, to thank the outgoing and extol his virtues. This we heartily wish to do. Rob Bootsma did a tremendous job as editor, crowning his term with the excellent report of the R/T FORUM in April. We all owe him a vote of thanks Brown and hope that he has time to contribute orm man occasionally to INPUT. We wish him well in the future. Which brings us to the tricky bit. You folks all have something of interest to say, you are all experien- ced in aviation; why not let the others share your professionalism (Stop coughing Scoop!), your thoughts, at least the clean ones, your jokes, Martin Germans etc... All may be of interest. Come on, don't be shy, let's hear it for the mag. That goes for our "outsideo' readers too. We can use almost anything legal. If you would like to publicise your ideas, perhaps designs for a super new airborne loo, or just would like to put something to ATC in general, let us be your channel for publicity. After Jo Florax all - it's free! On that somewhat hopeful note, we close this our first Editorial, and let you get on with the first of our efforts. Or chucking it in the bin. Paul Hooper . OBITUARY It was 'with great sadness that we received the news of the sudden death of John Faesen, a respected colleague and active member of EGATS since its foundation. John, as the first acting secretary of EGATS, made an outstanding contribution to the production of our constitution and was a member of the first EGATS delegation to attend an LFATCA conference at Reykjavik in 1973. A regular at tendant at meetings, including the sometimes marathon Annual General Meetings, he made a significant input to our Guild over the years and at the time of his death, was a member of the Technical Committee. Though never seeking to be in the spotlight, he regularly participated in EGATS affairs. His informed opinions and considered reasoning were well respected by his colleagues both in the operational and in the training environment. Those of us who had the additional pleasure of contact with 3ohn outside the working environment, knee him as a relaxed, friendly family man with a subtile sense of humour. This untimely departure of a respected colleague and friend brings a gap in our ranks which cannot be filled and we hope that his family and friends find comfort in the many spoken and unspoken words of sympathy that have been expressed. THE VICE PRESID'ENT WRITES . Participation by more than fifty different organisations, the Director Geoff Gillett General of Eurocotttrol, the Director of Maastricht U.A.C. and Senior Management was indeed encouraging. In contrast, was the relatively few EGATS members who took the time to drive the short distance to Heerlen. It is difficult to understand why this was the case or to accept that there could be such a low THE VICE-PRESIDENT WRITES. level ef professional interest. 1 have heard it said that one of On a final Forum note, the report the qualities of a good manager is to was extremely well produced but with %e able to delegate. No doubt that also perhaps one omission. It could have applies to Presidents, so we may con- been appropriate to list in appendix, clude that in EGATS, we have a good man the names of the organising committee 1 at the top. Jan Gordts, prior to his and the many helpers, as a token of departure on annual leave, had left a appreciation. The manimonth amount of message requesting me to write some time and voluntary effort given by them conternposy comment for this edition of resulted in the achievement of a INPUT. superbly organised event of which they As this is the first number under can be justifiably proud. the new editorship of Mr. Patrice BEhier, L will say "Welcome to the W job!" To our members may I request you give him support by submitting articles, ideas or comments on what you would like to see in your magazine. It was with great reluctance that the Executive Board of EGATS accepted ehe resignation of Rob Bootsma, ,our former Editor. Having fulfilled this task since the beginning of 1983 he has brought our publication to a high level of quality, content and lay-out. Input now has a wide circulation in the avia- tion world and is possibly admired and Restaurant appreciated more among the non- 9 ,AUX QUATRE SAPSONS" Eurocontrol recipient S than by some of our own members. Our thanks go to Rob ZdeCarabinierslaan 154 for this outstanding efforts culmina- GRENS-VELIEWEZELT ting in the production of the 72 page 011-714262 special edition containing the EGATS 1985 BIT FORUM REPORT. Athough the Forum has passed, let- ters and telephone calls continue to be received. It appeare that it was an opportune moment to highlight some of the on-going problems of R/T communica- a tions and our effort has borne fruit in that the problems of frequency-blocking KEUKEN GEOPEND: and simultaneous transmissions together Middag : l2.00 - l5.00 uur with a possible technical solution, Avond : 1E.W - 22.m uur have been brought to the attention a£ WOENSDAG GESLOTEN. an IATA Committee. AT FLIGHT LEVEL 230 ABOVE THE ALPS . So, one week after Easter 1985, I travelled with my glider (LS 1 F) to AostaiItaly. It was the third year of trying to reach higher levels in an area, where, under certain weather con- ditions, the so-called "wave flying" can be executed. For those who are not aware of the term "wave gliding": strong winds of up to 130 km/h, prefer- ably from a directf on perpendicular to a mountain massif, are necessary to produce rising airmasses within which an uplift to extra-ordinary heights can be reached. The 16th of April 1985 was my day. Brought up to 1000 m above Aosta airfield (elevation 550 m) by a light aircraf tr, I freed the glider from the connecting cable at 1318 Z and contf- nued .on my own, as normal, Searching for thermal upwinds 1 checked my oxygen equipment again, which on such a flight wlll become the most vital tool at heights above 3000 metres. Mask and apparatus OK, instruments, .R/T equip- ment, camera and food: all OK and in ' place. In the meantime steady upwinds, partly very rough. Within 40 minutes after take-off I reached a height of 3000 m, including some ups and downs. For another 20 minutes I stayed at + 3000 m, looking and searching for "th; wave". By Manfred Jenz. I AT FL230 ABOVE THE ALPS - Information and impressions from a glider pilot. Although normally flying at alti- tudes at: which airliners are in the The VaLZey of Aosta departure or approach phase of a flight, there are occasions for a As I was used to flying in rather glider pilot (mainly executing his hob- bumpy air in this area between 2000 and by in the northern part of the FRG) 3000 m, I became very alert when sud- when he may be Lucky to get higher than denly the unsteady climbs and descents the average maximum heights of about changed into a smooth and steady climb. 2000 m (7000 ft) above ground level. The Wave!! !??? Yes, indeed. "Lucky" in this context means that As this was the first time for me you have to be at a certain place at to "enter" a wave, I really was sur- the sight time in order to have a prised how true the reports of glider chance to climb into the "upper air- pilots were about the very calm and s pace".