My secret fantasy career

Air traffic controller. Yep. Kind of a high stress job, and yes, I'm already a stress case, but, well, it combines some of the things I love - aviation, communications, and helping get people from A to B.

After a fun day of flying, I stopped by the control tower at Addison, my home airport. It's a nice new tower, with plenty of room for three controllers (two on duty) and several visitors.

Of particular interest was the radar display. This is linked from the Dallas TRACON radar and shows the location of ADS (center), Dallas Love field (bottom), DFW (bottom left) and smaller airports. The rounded solid lines depict boundries of the DFW and Love Field "Class B" airspace.

Compare the radar picture to a chart, centered on ADS (thanks to SkyVector.com - google maps for aviation charts).

All in all, a very educational visit. Maybe I'll slip in an application.