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Flight is Not God

March 7, 2017 paulfdye

Ironflight explains that the front room in Mission Control is a team and that the Flight Director isn’t a god…

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Posted in: NASA Shuttle Flight Director Memories Filed under: Communication, Flight Controller, NASA, Training

Fast Talk When Stresssed

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Explaining Your Call

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Ironflight suggest that flight controllers learn to explain their field of expertise in clear and non-jargon-filled language as the folks…

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Posted in: NASA Shuttle Flight Director Memories Filed under: Communication, Flight Controller, NASA, Training

Tell Flight the Time You Need

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Ironflight advices flight controllers on how to best communicate with their flight director. This very short video is part of…

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Posted in: NASA Shuttle Flight Director Memories Filed under: Communication, Flight Controller, NASA, Training

Don’t Rush into Bad Comm

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Ironflight muses on how the best flight controllers time their reports to the flight director concerning an arising problem. This…

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Posted in: NASA Shuttle Flight Director Memories Filed under: Communication, Flight Controller, NASA, Training

Watch Others Sim

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Ironflight talks about the value of watching simulations and, in particular, observing how easy it is to talk passed each…

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Posted in: NASA Shuttle Flight Director Memories Filed under: Communication, Flight Controller, NASA, Training

First Tires

March 6, 2017 paulfdye

One surprise that catches many first-time builders who have finished their projects and turned into flyers is short tire life.…

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Posted in: KITPLANES and General Aviation Filed under: Tailwheels, Tundra

How to be the best flight controller? Think like a flight director

March 5, 2017 paulfdye 1 Comment

This very short video is part of a NASA archived series asking Iron Flight Paul F. Dye about his experiences…

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Posted in: NASA Shuttle Flight Director Memories Filed under: Flight Controller, Flight Director, NASA, Shuttle, STS

Meeting Your Heroes

March 4, 2017 paulfdye

I have many heroes in my childhood, and because of when I grew up, and my range of interests, most…

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Posted in: NASA Shuttle Flight Director Memories Filed under: John Glenn, NASA

NASA Shuttle Flight Control Center Gallery

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