Jeff Thomas Posted May 14, 2005 at 08:55 PM Posted May 14, 2005 at 08:55 PM I didn't see it "announced" anywhere, but somehow I was lucky enough to get caught up in an "event" in K.C. Center last night. It was totally amazing. The 1's were active and they were rolling in at 5nm intervals. It was great. The servers bucked a little, but then settled down. It was just as much fun to be on the ground to watch them all come in. I landed and then departed again. The guys did a fantastic job! And SB3 was great for watching the whole thing, plus the T-storms rolling made for that eerie purple green sky..... Anyway, not sure if it was an event or not, but it was a lot of FUN! Thanks to the guys in K.C.!!! Jeff Jeff Thomas VP-IT https://joinava.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Clausen Posted May 14, 2005 at 09:02 PM Posted May 14, 2005 at 09:02 PM Jeff, You managed to stumble across the TGIF event. Those events are wild. I heard a rumor that last night there was 80+ planes that flew into MCI. Stunning. Fred Clausen, vZAB ATM ZAB real life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark McCauley 832889 Posted May 14, 2005 at 09:02 PM Posted May 14, 2005 at 09:02 PM it was the TGIF event... http://www.vcair.com/events/tgif_main.php?PHPSESSID=6db1630608deac4d271b4bf76cad93fe KC did a great job!!! Cheers! Mark McCauley Chicago, IL (KORD) http://upsvac.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Brummett Posted May 20, 2005 at 04:59 AM Posted May 20, 2005 at 04:59 AM Late chiming in... That thing was, to say the least, a controllers nightmare! But it was fun also. The servers didn't help much. I got booted off, then 45 minutes after getting back on, we had big boomers roll through and I lost power. The guys that were still on stepped up bigtime. Glad you enjoyed it Jeff...at one point, I (who was working Kansas City West approach) told the Center guys to stick em in a hold while we recovered from the server belch. About 20 minutes of recircling aircraft into a manageable position worked out fine, then I told my centers to start peelin' em off..... ...then I lost power for two hours It was fun though, and 80 inbounds is about right Mark Brummett Website owner, http://www.zkcartcc.org ZKC Events Co-ordinator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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