- Paperback: 208 pages
- Publisher: Patrick Stephens Ltd; 8th Revised edition edition (20 Jan 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1852606177
- ISBN-13: 978-1852606176
- Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 689,718 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Air band radio is the means of communication between aircraft and those on the ground that control them. For more than fifteen years, Air Band Radio Handbook has been acknowledged as the essential reference for both ground-based air band listeners and flyers. David J. Smith's accessible and comprehensive text explains the intricacies of air traffic control and its jargon, enabling the reader to locate and interpret what is actually going on in the airways overhead. He also describes the types of air band radio available and how to use them. Now available again in this fully updated eighth edition, Air Band Radio Handbook includes the very latest on ATC including the newly opened Swanwick Control Centre, the use of datalink by Oceanic Control Centres and the reduction in use of HF, changes to Departure Flow methods, and a completely new chapter on air band radios and related publications for the enthusiast - both in print and on the internet.
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David J. Smith is an air traffic controller at Liverpool Airport.
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What you can hear, and in turn relate to aircraft you see flying overhead, obviously depends on the position of your location relative to airports and air lanes. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
What you can hear, and in turn relate to aircraft you see flying overhead, obviously depends on the position of your location relative to airports and air lanes. Read the first page
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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The book is a specialised topic and is an excellent aide to air band listeners. The author has been producing and updating this book for many, many years now. It is the best on the market.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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its the book you need to do the job on the cover.developed over a number of years
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If you're in the UK, great ... if in the US, not much help!
5 Jan 2009
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This book is geared to the United Kingdom and therefore 'all' the listed frequencies and cited airports are located in England, Ireland and Scotland! Even any discussion on airband radios are based on UK models and ATC discussion focuses on London and other large UK airports. Ditto the rules and procedures because the UK has its own civil/commercial regulatory agencies, departments and agencies and hence the US FAA nor NTSB [et al] play no part in the book since it's based on the system and procedures of another nation. The UK.
Now, and in all fairness, had I taken the time to see that the author, David J. Smith, was/is an air traffic controller in 'Liverpool', then I would have looked further for a book that focuses on US procedures and airband frequencies. 'All' the Appendix listings [and they are considerable] deal with UK [England/Ireland/Scotland] centers and geographical locations. As well as various UK oriented rules and regulations for "Aerodrome Control" [sic]. The only helpful info came from one chapter [7 pages], "Oceanic Control and HF listening" and some similar but by no means universal [UK/US differences] air traffic terminology. The Morse Code listing notwithstanding. I also found discussion of navigational aids to be rather dated.
Fortunately, I purchased this book from an Amazon vendor, used, and I paid considerably less than what it sells for at Amazon [** as I do this review, the paperback book sells for $27.95] and which I thought was a rather hefty cost [new] but, as I say, I bought it used for a third of that cost [plus shipping] but it should have been mentioned in the product write-up that the book focuses almost entirely on the United Kingdom and in particularly England's major airport in London.
For someone living the UK, well, 'then' those many frequency and individual 'UK' airport listings [and book comment therein] would be of much more utility to the reader.
Doc Tony
Now, and in all fairness, had I taken the time to see that the author, David J. Smith, was/is an air traffic controller in 'Liverpool', then I would have looked further for a book that focuses on US procedures and airband frequencies. 'All' the Appendix listings [and they are considerable] deal with UK [England/Ireland/Scotland] centers and geographical locations. As well as various UK oriented rules and regulations for "Aerodrome Control" [sic]. The only helpful info came from one chapter [7 pages], "Oceanic Control and HF listening" and some similar but by no means universal [UK/US differences] air traffic terminology. The Morse Code listing notwithstanding. I also found discussion of navigational aids to be rather dated.
Fortunately, I purchased this book from an Amazon vendor, used, and I paid considerably less than what it sells for at Amazon [** as I do this review, the paperback book sells for $27.95] and which I thought was a rather hefty cost [new] but, as I say, I bought it used for a third of that cost [plus shipping] but it should have been mentioned in the product write-up that the book focuses almost entirely on the United Kingdom and in particularly England's major airport in London.
For someone living the UK, well, 'then' those many frequency and individual 'UK' airport listings [and book comment therein] would be of much more utility to the reader.
Doc Tony
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