1951: How Air Traffic Control Works

1951: How Air Traffic Control Works

BBC Television Newsreel’s air correspondent Charles Gardner reports on the latest developments in air traffic control in Britain. At the summit of the Snaefell Mountain Railway on the Isle of Man, a new triangulation tower is part of an expanding communications network, which enables airline pilots to contact relay stations by radio telephone. Across Britain, air traffic control is evolving to cope with increasing air traffic over Britain, it’s …