Brian Nuss 887798 Posted April 29, 2007 at 11:31 PM Posted April 29, 2007 at 11:31 PM Hello everyone, I was just curious if anyone happened to know how often Anchorage Center happens to be online. I'd love to fly in Alaska and have ATC services. "The clueless newb of today is the seasoned loyal pilot of tomorrow." -Elchitz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Ruminski Posted April 30, 2007 at 12:29 AM Posted April 30, 2007 at 12:29 AM Hi Brian, Anchorage CTR has been online every day in April. Usually in the early afternoons during the week and evenings on weekends. When do you normally fly online? We also do a VFR Tour event every other Sunday. Our next tour is on May 13 2007. Check out the post a few down from this one. If you would like to arrange for some private time to learn the system then email me at ric (at) ruminski . com Ric Ruminski I1 VATUSA11 Communications Manager VATUSA email: VATUSA11 (at) vatusa.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Nuss 887798 Posted April 30, 2007 at 03:43 AM Author Posted April 30, 2007 at 03:43 AM Thanks Ric, I fly for a real world cargo outfit so my schedule changes from week to week. Rest [Mod - Happy Thoughts]ured I will be checking during the daytimes this week religiously. I'm looking forward to flying some IFR in the far north. "The clueless newb of today is the seasoned loyal pilot of tomorrow." -Elchitz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Chambers 990292 Posted April 30, 2007 at 05:32 PM Posted April 30, 2007 at 05:32 PM I'm usually on center almost every afternoon for about 2 hours, usually around 1:30 pm until 3:30 pm or so (Central time). I work odd hours, so I get off at noon and have to go to bed pretty early most evenings I'm on more often on Wed and Sundays (my days off), but I almost always have some traffic and Alaska is a great place to fly. Come on up and enjoy the scenery! Alaska has a bit of everything to offer for the pilot whether you're flying a 747 or a Cessna! (and I've seen lots of DC3's, a few F15s and even a Concorde in the past few weeks). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Nuss 887798 Posted April 30, 2007 at 08:54 PM Author Posted April 30, 2007 at 08:54 PM Dang!! I see that you're on right now John, but I'm nowhere near my pc! Maybe I can catch you tommorrow. Question: I see you listed as ANC SE CTR. I guess I always [Mod - Happy Thoughts]umed the controllers up there were all "Anchorage Center". Is your facility Anchorage Southeast Center? See you on the scopes! Brian "The clueless newb of today is the seasoned loyal pilot of tomorrow." -Elchitz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Chambers 990292 Posted April 30, 2007 at 10:19 PM Posted April 30, 2007 at 10:19 PM I'm sure that Ric can explain this better, but the SE center covers from the Canadian border (Edmonton and Vancouver centers) to a point just east of PATG Togiak airport, then north to a point about 60 miles W of Fairbanks, then to the northeast back to the Edmonton center border. The entire sector covers roughly the SE third of Alaska, and includes all towered airports except Bethel, from Fairbanks to King Salmon, Anchorage, Juneau to Ketchican in the East. Reason for this is that Anchorage Center covers a space basically from Los Angeles to Washington DC, and the radar simply can't cover such a wide area (it only covers 600 miles). Actually within SE Center it's hard to cover everything, as this afternoon I had an ILS landing in Kodiak, a takeoff in Juneau, and another landing in Fairbanks, which really stretches the limits of my scope. That is also why you may see Center dropping in and out of your range. When I go look out east the radar coverage in the west drops out until I can get back Up here we spend lots of time paning around and zooming! Hope to see ya soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Nuss 887798 Posted April 30, 2007 at 10:39 PM Author Posted April 30, 2007 at 10:39 PM Wow, that's very interesting John. So how does one address your facility? Anchorage Southeast Center or just Anchorage Center? On a completely unrelated topic, I'm wondering about the possibility of using some GPS instrument approaches that I've developed for the area. Any thoughts on the subject, one way or another? "The clueless newb of today is the seasoned loyal pilot of tomorrow." -Elchitz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Fries Posted May 1, 2007 at 12:16 AM Posted May 1, 2007 at 12:16 AM Just call them Anchorage Center. As for the approaches you will probably be able to fly them as visual approaches providing your own terrain separation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Ruminski Posted May 2, 2007 at 10:01 PM Posted May 2, 2007 at 10:01 PM Ok, pig's are flying now. Anchorage CTR made it into the top 20 in the IRON MIC CTR category. Nice job Scope Huskies. Ric Ruminski I1 VATUSA11 Communications Manager VATUSA email: VATUSA11 (at) vatusa.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Temple 880167 Posted May 3, 2007 at 02:42 AM Posted May 3, 2007 at 02:42 AM Nice picture Nice job Ric and crew! Matthew Temple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trace Lewis 970532 Posted May 3, 2007 at 03:28 AM Posted May 3, 2007 at 03:28 AM Nice "co-winky-dink" lol Listening to "Animals" from Pink Floyd (all hail Roger Waters) the album features flying-pigs a lot, especially on the cover. The pig balloon used for the cover shot over Battlesea power station in London, broke loose and made for some interesting calls to Londen center from airline pilots at FL200 I love that story... PPL-G/ASEL "My" MySpace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Seeley Posted May 4, 2007 at 02:23 AM Posted May 4, 2007 at 02:23 AM Anchorage CTR made it into the top 20 in the IRON MIC CTR category. Wow. I mean, wow. Wish I had been part of that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas Bartolotta 912967 Posted May 4, 2007 at 02:30 AM Posted May 4, 2007 at 02:30 AM Anchorage CTR made it into the top 20 in the IRON MIC CTR category. Wow. I mean, wow. Wish I had been part of that! I'm with you Tom...I've been slacking off on the controlling side of things too...*ducks from Ric* Nick Bartolotta - ZSE Instructor, pilot at large "Just fly it on down to within a inch of the runway and let it drop in from there." - Capt. Don Lanham, ATA Airlines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Chambers 990292 Posted May 4, 2007 at 08:41 AM Posted May 4, 2007 at 08:41 AM Actually we were 23rd two weeks before, we just moved up a notch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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