Trainer Aids Air Traffic Controllers.

• Author: Foster, Sharon
• Position: Simulator from AAI Corp. - Brief Article

AAI Corporation, a Hunt Valley, Md.-based producer of high-fidelity and dynamic tower-simulation training, has designed an advanced, stare-of-the-art simulator for realistic training of air traffic controllers, said Dan Hagan, business development director for AAI.

The Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower simulation system features a 360-degree, out-the-window visual display depicting terrain, sky, airport, aircraft, ground vehicles, structures and vegetation.

The tower has a simulated tower cab, with windows, consoles, radar and other equipment that provide scenario information and out-the-window displays for four controller-training positions. These include...