The Flick -- A term used by air traffic controllers to describe a mental model representing the current and future positions of air traffic in a section of airspace. Controllers visualize the paths of multiple aircraft in terms of position, altitude, trajectory and speed. Controllers also refer to this as "having the picture." But the picture moves -- like a movie -- hence the term “the flick.”
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
FAA History October 16, 2000
From the Update to FAA Historical Chronology 1997-2012 (A .pdf file)
"A Cessna 335, carrying Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan, his aide, and piloted by his son, crashed ten miles northwest of Hillsboro, Missouri. All three persons on the aircraft died in the crash."
Don Brown
October 16, 2013
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Truly a sad day for Missouri and the nation. I was at the low sector after his funeral. AF1, AF2, and Exec1F were all in the sector at the same time for a bit. Won't soon forget the pressure of that!
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