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Editor’s Log: You don’t have to go

November 28, 2017 paulfdye 1 Comment

On November 14, 1969, humankind’s second journey to land on the moon lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center on…

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Posted in: KITPLANES and General Aviation, NASA Shuttle Flight Director Memories Filed under: Apollo 12, Decision making, Flight Controller, Flight Director, Go-No Go, Mission Control, Operational leadership, Preparedness, Weather

Flight is Not God

March 7, 2017 paulfdye

https://youtu.be/RzKio9DWJpw Ironflight explains that the front room in Mission Control is a team and that the Flight Director isn’t a…

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

Explaining Your Call

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https://youtu.be/IVePEO-6fUo Ironflight suggest that flight controllers learn to explain their field of expertise in clear and non-jargon-filled language as the…

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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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https://youtu.be/7zSQhiBd8kk Ironflight advices flight controllers on how to best communicate with their flight director. This very short video is part…

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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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https://youtu.be/mtPOPKOdyIc Ironflight muses on how the best flight controllers time their reports to the flight director concerning an arising problem.…

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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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https://youtu.be/OlDrAtPf0zY Ironflight talks about the value of watching simulations and, in particular, observing how easy it is to talk passed…

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

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

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