Category Archives: In English

Holiday in Sweden – 3. Visiting the ATCC

Posted on 21 August, 2012 by Anders

Today I drove that wellknown road to my old workplace. I visited my “old” manager Andreas in his new office… …before visiting the ops room and “my” sector. Peter was working the latest version of the Eurocat, the “COOPANS” and … Continue reading →

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Holiday in Sweden – 2. Family

Posted on 20 August, 2012 by Anders

I took my daughters to Lund, the city where my sons live. Nice to see all four together! Outdoor lunch in Lund. Temperature 30! Back again for a quick visit downtown Ängelholm. Been a while since I saw my brother … Continue reading →

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Holiday in Sweden – 1. South to North

Posted on 20 August, 2012 by Anders

Two weeks school holiday is a chance to see Sweden. For the girls the first time in a year. From Windhoek to Jo-burg with BritishAirways / ComAir… …just to say Hello to Nelson Mandela before we took Springbok (SouthAfricanAirways) to… … Continue reading →

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Busy week for ICAO

Posted on 2 August, 2012 by Anders

Thursday last week Surveillance operations restarted at Windhoek ACC and made it’s debut at Windhoek Approach. Since then the ICAO team have supplied a “helpdesk” function and we are pleased with what we see. This last week has also been … Continue reading →

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At work – second part was Approach control

Posted on 30 July, 2012 by Anders

One of the categories in this blog is “At work“. The second task in Namibia was to assist DCA in making ATS able to begin surveillance operations for approach control. Below are links to blog posts written during this second part … Continue reading →

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At work – first part was Area Control

Posted on 29 July, 2012 by Anders

One of the categories in this blog is “At work“. The first task in Namibia was to assist DCA in making ATS able to begin surveillance operations for area control. Below are links to blog posts written during this first … Continue reading →

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History section

Posted on 28 July, 2012 by Anders

One of the categories in this blog is “History section“. Before even coming to Namibia I wrote a series of posts dealing with my “air traffic control career” up to that point. If you missed them here is a summary: … Continue reading →

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Skeleton coast – 6. Cape Cross

Posted on 27 July, 2012 by Anders

After that last wreck we just kept on moving south until some 120 km north of Swakopmund where we turned off for Cape Cross. This is the place where the Portuguese explorer Diogo Cão landed during his journey 1484-1486 (only … Continue reading →

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Surveillance Approach in Windhoek TMA

Posted on 26 July, 2012 by Anders

Yes, the last piece in the puzzle was in place with a margin of some 30 minutes, so… …as from 09:00 UTC (10:00 local time) today, Windhoek Approach is a surveillance control, with Mrs Christine Eiman as Namibias first surveillance … Continue reading →

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The APP puzzle

Posted on 25 July, 2012 by Anders

Exciting times. The puzzle is being put together. Will it be finished in time to launch APP tomorrow? Wait and see…

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