National Air and Space Museum
Air Traffic Control
July 4, 1976 – April 3, 1977
This gallery surveys early and current methods of air-traffic control in all weather conditions. Highlights include:
- Realistically simulated air-traffic-control operations
- RADAR: the 1st operational civil model of ATC radar
- Simulated airline cabin-theater allows visitors to follow a flight between Pittsburgh and Washington; the in-flight presentation shows air-traffic-control procedures used to assure safety
