Air Traffic Control Clearance Hangar 
Vintage Aviation News
APRIL 24, 2025
He also earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal. After the war, Robert Thomas remained in the Naval Reserves until 1966, retiring at the rank of Lieutenant Commander, and worked as an air traffic control supervisor at the New York Air Traffic Control Center for 30 years, and would live to the age of 87.
Air Facts
APRIL 28, 2025
Previously, I had alerted the Atlanta Air Traffic Control facilities that our slow flying airplanes were going to be coming to visit them so they were expecting us, but trying to sequence us into their operation must have caused a lot of clenched jaws and tense moments with Atlanta Approach Control and the Atlanta Hartsfield Tower.
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Fear of Landing
JULY 4, 2025
As ground staff at the airport, the pilot had security codes for access and was able to walk straight to the hangar. The hangar held three helicopters. The two larger helicopters blocked the hangar door from closing, so the hangar was left open. He drove to Cairns Airport. The strobes were never turned back on.
Universal Weather
JANUARY 18, 2024
Customs, Immigration, and Quarantine (CIQ) clearance is normally available at the LFMN GAT 0800-2100 local. For short-notice fuel uplift requests during night hours, it’s possible to contact Air Traffic Control (ATC), which will contact the fueler to come out. The agent has one hour to arrive.
Photographic Logbook
OCTOBER 10, 2023
When I contacted Rochester Approach, the controller came back with, "Are you looking for your clearance to College Park?" I answered in the affirmative, received my clearance, and was given a climb to 6,000 feet as the rain streaked over my windscreen. My halting readback caught the controller's attention.
Universal Weather
APRIL 8, 2024
No hangar facilities available. Airport fuel tanks hold 15,000 gallons with one fuel truck from Air BP. No hangar space available; aircraft will be parked on the taxiway. The airport operates 24 hours a day, but English-speaking Air Traffic Control (ATC) is not available from 2000 to 0500. 24-hour service.
Photographic Logbook
JULY 21, 2024
Reservations about Reservations "Hangars Cafe, how can I help you?" "Do On July 21, 2024 we departed the Rochester area in three airplanes carrying a total of ten people for an incredible view of Manhattan with lunch afterward at Hangars Cafe on the field at the Sky Acres Airport (44N). Do you take reservations?" "It It depends.
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