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LESSON3.SIM
00:00  Text
  This is a TRACON II
    Demonstration...


   Lesson 3 --
     Vertical
       Separation!
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00:10  Text
As you may have
already seen, TRACON
II gives you a
simulation of a
Terminal Radar
Approach Control
facility, with
realistic sectors,
weather, emergencies,
and normal traffic.
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00:25  Text
One of the things MOST
important to Air
Traffic Controllers,
is the separation
of aircraft.

In TRACON II, there
are basically two
rules that you follow
to accomplish this.
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First, you must have
at least 3 miles
horizontally between
aircraft that are at
the same altitude.
Second, if you can't,
then you must have at
least 1000 feet
vertical separation
between your aircraft.
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00:55  Text
This lesson will show
you some of the ways
to apply vertical
separation, and some
of the situations that
might occur where you
would have to apply
it.  Let's go ahead
and start with the Los
Angeles (LAX) sector.
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01:14  O
01:18  L
01:18  E
01:18  S
01:18  S
01:18  O
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01:20  Enter
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Once again, you can
see that our radar
is working fine, and
is located on the
airport at Los
Angeles.
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Let's start out with
a couple of departures
and show you how
vertical separation is
important even for
them.  In this case,
we will have to check
their route of flight
also!
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Let's release N686F
since we have no other
traffic.
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00:46  Up
00:50  N686F Enter
01:05  Text
Remember, it takes
about one minute
for your departure
to show up...
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01:15  Text
As a controller, you
always use your spare
time to study, review,
or look ahead at any
developing situations!
At this point, you
could review fix
names...
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01:30  Radarscope
01:31  Down
01:32  Enter
01:55  Text LGB
Before we can
release N44Z, we have
to check for our first
potential conflict. If
you release two
aircraft from the same
airport at the same
time, you will get
your first crash real
quick!
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02:10  N686F
02:10  Detail
02:11  Down
02:12  Enter
02:16  Text MIDDS
In this case, N686F
is going to be
making a right turn
to the southeast.

Let's check and see
which direction N44Z
is going to take.
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02:35  Text
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02:35  N44Z
02:35  Detail
02:36  Down
02:37  Enter
02:47  Text BAYST
We can release N44Z
now because he is
going to depart to
the West.  (It is
best to wait at least
one minute when
releasing departures
from the same airport
no matter which route
of flight they take)
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03:00  N44Z Enter
03:05  Text LGB
Let's take a closer
look at the departure
end of the runway at
Long Beach to monitor
these two departures
and see why their
paths are so
important...
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03:13  Down
03:14  Radarscope
03:15  Down
03:16  Down
03:17  Down
03:18  Down
03:19  Enter
03:20  Plus
03:20  Text
Now we can see not
only vertical, but
lateral or horizontal
separation and how
they work hand-in-
hand when these two
depart.
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03:35  Text
According to N686F's
strip, he is going to
climb to 5000 feet on
his way to MIDDS
intersection.

N44Z is climbing to
7000 feet, on his
westbound trip to
BAYST.
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03:50  Text N686F
Let's move the data
block out of the way
on N686F so that we
can see the departure
end of the runway at
Long Beach a little
better.
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03:55  N686F Slash Up
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04:15  Text
Well, can't spend too
much time looking at
just one area of our
airspace, but let's
keep watching just for
a bit longer to see
how this works!
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04:30  Text LGB
...both aircraft
are off with at
least 3 miles or
1000 feet between
them.  Remember,
either condition
would have kept you
out of trouble!
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04:45  Text
Let's get back to
our full screen and
radar identify AS49.
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04:45  Minus
04:47  Minus
04:48  Up
04:48  Up
04:50  AS49 Enter
04:54  Text AS49
OK, let's see what
kind of aircraft
AS49 is and get him
going into Los
Angeles...
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05:08  Text
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05:08  Detail
05:09  Enter
05:20  Text
It looks like a Boeing
727...and at his
current speed and
altitude, we are going
to have to work hard
to get him lined up to
Los Angeles in time!
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05:30  Text
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05:30  AS49 Down 22
05:35  Text
Let's start slowing
AS49 down a bit.
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05:40  AS49 Insert 160
05:45  Text
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05:45  AS49 Slash Up
05:50  Text
Long Beach requested
a release on N89F
earlier.  Let's check
his route of flight
for conflicts before
releasing him.
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06:00  N89F
06:00  Detail
06:01  Down
06:02  Enter
06:10  Text
Looks ok...we'll just
have to keep an eye
on him as he crosses
the final approach
path into Los Angeles.
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06:16  N89F Enter
06:18  Text
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06:26  Text
Let's check the
flight path of WN313
before releasing him.
END
06:33  WN313
06:33  Detail
06:34  Down
06:35  Enter
06:37  WN313 Enter
06:37  Text
Once again, we will
have to watch this
departure and 89F out
of Long Beach.
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06:56  Text
We'll go ahead and
radar identify these
two aircraft.
END
06:57  46L Enter
07:00  N1J Enter
07:05  Text
Looking ahead at 46L
and 86F, it is obvious
that this is another
situation where
vertical separation
will have to rule.
Both aircraft will
pass almost right
over each other.
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07:21  46L Down 60
07:21  Text
So, we take 46L down
to an altitude that
will leave him at
least 1,000 feet above
the highest altitude
86F is climbing to.
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07:33  Text
We need to adjust
AS49's direction of
flight to line him up
for the approach into
Los Angeles.
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07:33  AS49 Left 190
07:45  Text
Lining up an aircraft
successfully for an
approach is a
combination of the
correct heading,
altitude, and aircraft
speed, mixed with
adjustments to compen-
sate for weather and
the wind.
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08:00  46L Slash Right
08:20  N1J Slash Up
08:20  86F Slash Left
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This is one of
those lulls where
everything seems to be
working out just fine.
Don't drift off!  Stay
alert and look for
potential conflicts.
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08:30  Text
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08:33  Text
Let's explode our view
and look at the
vertical separation
between 86F and 46L.
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08:34  Radarscope
08:35  Down
08:36  Down
08:37  Down
08:38  Down
08:39  Enter
08:40  Plus
08:50  Text
In this case, the
aircraft are passing
so close together
horizontally, the only
way to keep them apart
is with 1,000 feet of
vertical separation.
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09:05  Text
As soon as they cross
each other and are 3
miles apart, we will
start 46L down to
LAX's final approach
altitude.
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09:20  Text
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09:36  Text
Oh, Oh!  Paying too
much attention to one
area of our scope has
caused a problem
somewhere else!
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09:44  Minus
09:44  Minus
09:44  Text
Let's climb 89F
immediately!

While we were
concentrating on one
separation problem,
another one occured.
Don't focus on just
one area of the radar!
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09:45  89F Up 40
09:58  Text
There is enough
distance between 46L
and 86F to start 46L
down to the LAX final
approach altitude.
END
10:00  AS49 Slash Right
10:00  46L Down 19
10:08  Text
AS49 needs the last
turn onto final at
Los Angeles.
END
10:08  AS49 Right 290
10:16  89F Slash PgUp
10:18  Text
And now we'll send him
to the tower for the
rest of the approach.
END
10:26  AS49 End
10:26  Text
86F is close enough to
center's airspace to
hand him off to them.
END
10:35  86F End
10:35  Text
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11:00  Text
Let's give 46L a turn
to line him up for the
final approach into
LAX.
END
11:15  46L Right 330
11:15  Text
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11:30  WN313 Slash PgUp
11:30  46L Slash Left
11:33  Text
AS49 has gone missed
approach.  Maybe that
separation error
earlier shook him up!
We'll have to bring
him around again...
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11:45  Text
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11:55  Text
Things look like they
are settling down a
bit after our
separation error.  But
take a look at that
score!  Talk about the
minus column...
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12:10  File
12:10  X
12:10  Text
Well, that is the end
of this lesson on
vertical separation.
You should now be able
to try this out on
your own, or look at
one of the other
lessons!
Remember...
keep 'em separated!!!
END
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