@@jamessheppard4372 Situational awareness by all hands is evident. Great to listen to professionals from different areas of work meshing together, sounded perfect. I just hope APD caught the bad guy(s).
Keep in mind, Air 1 has to speak to ATC, Police Freq. his partner(s), keep a visual on everything since they're VFR and track the suspects. They're amazing!
In the UK there are now two operators at minimum for this very reason, such high workloads can result in accidents or reduced efficiency. Each heli will have a pilot flying and a second pilot to coordinate, operate cameras etc,sometimes there will be a separate camera / lamp operator. Most of the emergency helicopters, police, medivac and search and rescue have two pilots for critical work i.e on the job/lives at risk and not training.
Not 100% accurate. Pilots only communicate with ATC and their partner. The flight observer (right seat) communicates with police dispatch and units on the ground.
For those that have never been to ATL, it is exactly like this. One after the other all day! There's a little bit of a break here and there, but for the most part it is non-stop arrivals and departures. It's amazing to me that there's not much of a back-up at ATL. It's an incredibly efficient airport. The cellphone parking lot is right in front of 9L/R which makes for some great pictures when arrivals and departures are using those runways.
The really fascinating thing to me as someone who flies out of KRYY just up the road is, the controllers at KATL never seem to lose their cool. Even when one of us small and slow types enter their airspace and their dance card is full, they are always top professionals. I wish all major airport controllers were like that.
It's an incredibly busy airspace. You have practically one of busiest airports in the world, one very busy GA airport about 5-10 miles NE of KATL which PDK and then FTY which is about 3-5 NW of KATL. FTY isn't as busy as it used to be. How all the ATL controllers run it all so smoothly is incredible.
I was one of the senior engineers on Runway 10-28, the "fifth runway" 15+ years ago. It was clear to us that ATL needed the extra capacity. I really don't monitor it, but it appears it usually gets used for either arrivals or departures depending on the need. Between that and the end-around taxiways (one built, I think the other will be soon), ATL is a master of efficiency.
Foreal, especially at Atlanta, the busiest airport in the world, he kept completely calm and even welcomed that Air France to Atlanta during a stressful situation....Cpt Delta, give him our regards and tell him to keep up the good work
I'm in England and our helimed are invaluable, especially as about half carry a trauma doctor or senior anesthesiologist as well as the critical care paramedics and all get used as first responders in addition to land crew requests, most of the pilots are former military (the Duke of Cambridge was one) and are experts in getting into some tight spots with no ground personal available if they are first on scene
Love the southern twang in the controller's voice and his calm tempo. He is an example to those who think if you have a high workload you must speak rapidly.
Man, it’s just constant communications. No trimmed silence. Then keep that up for an entire shift. That’s a crazy workload. I hope these ATC get paid real WELL!
The more i listen to the professionalism of pilots & controllers, I think in order to keep & attract high quality people we should make sure they are properly paid.
@@tieoneon5240 Maybe not in such simple terms. But it sure plays an awfully big role in being able to attract and maintain employees with it! It’s a pretty simple cause and effect really.
Flew helos (EMS, TV, powerline patrol, etc.) in and around ATL for over 20 years. The tower controllers are always professional and a pleasure to work with. Tell them where you need to go, and they will work with you to make it happen (though they will put you in the penalty box if you don't play nice).
I’m exhausted just listening to atc without the air1 info. I can’t imagine how busy the airspace is at Atlanta and the sheer effort it takes to manage it.
Says a lot about the tower in Atlanta that they can manage so many flights and still be able to keep Atlanta PD's air unit safe in their Bravo air space.
Parents often tell their children they can be whatever they want to be when they grow up. Clearly, they never listened to air traffic controllers on the job. I KNOW I have neither the brain nor the focus to do what these folks do.
That poor controller...you can almost hear him thinking of Air 1.. “ of all the busiest bravo airspaces in all the towns in all the world, he flies into mine...”..that ‘welcome to Atlanta’ to Air France cracked me up too.
I heard something like this in Houston TX a pursuit was happening and the police helicopter was going into the approach path and ATC did a good job at getting him through the approach paths and came within 800 feet of a landing Lufthansa A330
These APD guys train at PDK. I took my commercial check ride with another APD pilot going for his check ride at the same time as me. Saved me some money flying to the place for the check ride… Thanks APD 😁
Yeah, ATL must be hard enough to deal with without VOR helos in the climb path of the active runway. Everybody kept their cool though, you can really tell when you're dealing with pros. Kudos to them!
@@markmaki4460 Seriously, you had to bring politics into a comment thread about the professionalism of ATCs and police pilots? Just can't resist any opportunity to take a cheap shot at the libs, right? You're wrong, by the way.
@@michaelreid322 Hah - hugs, my sweet triggered person. And if you had read my reply, you might note that i was asking a question, so i didn't know the answer - ah and i said nothing about "liberal" or "conservative". It seems the trigger here is in the mind of the triggered.
One of the few videos where the pilot (AIR1) is consistently talking considerably faster than the controller. Both very clear and professional of course.
i live in the area, have been for 35 years, also fly HEMS now, so i interact with them all the time if i get close enough. My mother worked there for 18 of her 24 years with DAL, i know that airport like the back of my hand.
@@CapStar362 I went to basic at Fort Benning and ended up being stationed at Fort Stewart. I spent a good amount of time in Georgia and occasionally Atlanta.
as a little guy , atlanta is generally friendly and understanding when i file or ask for flight following, good guys considering how busy they are sometimes
Working a police helicopter that close to an airport has to be a bit nerve wracking. I can still remember a Seattle PD helicopter coming straight up into a Cessna on final and chopping it to bits back in about '74-75.
The local car groups here track the police helicopters regularly. Atlanta is pretty crazy, like half the people here drive Hellcats that can clock 200+mph.
Problem with that is now that that's a known racing area APD, Clayton County PD and Georgia State Patrol will do snap no notice traffic checkpoints. People who work at the airport and use that section of roadway to get to and from the airport late at night hate when that tunnel area or any area near the airport is taking over by Street racers. They don't seem to realize here that this is a facility that does not shut down except in situations declared by the City Department of Aviation or the FAA if safety or weather-related or via a security issue by TSA. Traffic in that area is bad enough under normal conditions and Street racers make it worse. And racing in a tunnel area is even dumber than normal because if you have an accident in the tunnel you not only risk damage to the vehicles involved there's also a chance of structural damage to the Runway tunnel supports. Last thing they want to do is to have to close 10/28 down because they have to do a safety inspection that may require heavy equipment including cranes.
UPS 108 3-5-22 out of Anchorage international had engine out with flames shooting out of it. Went to Fairbanks, AK on one engine due to bad weather. can you get that one on your video
I was a little surprised to hear the ATC refer to taxiway D as "Delta", as I thought thought ATL used "Dixie" for D, but I assume that was out of courtesy for Air France... Unless they stopped using "Dixie" because some people think it no longer politically correct.
If it was anyone other than the police that helicopter would have had a phone number to call for heading straight into departing traffic after telling ATC he was headed the opposite direction
Not a rare occurrence, it happened again early this morning. The police hanger is just on the northwest side of the airport. Also medevac helicopters frequently come across the airport to hospitals just on the north side.
yup, they depart right out the very north west corner of KATL. I fly HEMS myself, and i interact with KATL all the time when i have to cross their Bravo.
They give traffic to each other before takeoff so they know about each other. If the pilot declares emergency then he becomes the priority aircraft. Tower would then instruct the helicopter to get out of his way
yes, Tower North handles Runways 26/8 L and R, Tower South Handles 27/9 L and R also 10/28 in this particular instance he was also covering Ground North's loads for a moment. the airport is basically divided in half. Tower N/S Ground N/S And each terminal ramp has a smaller tower - look at maps or something and you will see small square tower cabs at the mid point of each terminal. these guys handle pushback and gate entry ops.
Why would the police helicopter need to hang out that close to an airport for an hour do you know? Would understand passing the airspace just seams strange it just waiting there?
I don’t believe police helicopters generally do a lot of “hanging out”. Surely he had a good reason for being there. Controller asked if he was pursuing a car on the highway but evidently that was not the case.
I75 and I85 are right near the airport, the main interstate highways in Atlanta, one of them literally goes under runway 28/10, the airport is that huge
@@stephenbeck7222 @3:24 Air-1told the tower he was “on station.” That means he’s going to be orbiting in that immediate area, because the pursuit terminated and the suspects more than likely bailed out or the vehicle just stopped and the suspects are refusing to get out. Whatever the reason, the police operation is no longer transitioning down the roads and the helicopter is “on station,” working the incident below and within the controlled airspace (Class-B) of ATL airport. This happens daily. It’s what I do in LA every day.
It's an initial clearance given to the aircraft by the tower. At the beginning of the video it shows the "fix" (GPS point) and it's labeled "mpass". Basically they are saying, once you take off use your GPS (most common form of RNAV today) to fly to the fix "mpass".
that you should, after liftoff and passing your safe climb altitude, via aRea NAVigation (imagine a GPS) fly to that waypoint MPASS (or other), which is usually the inital waypoint for the Standard Instrument Departure.
1) That helicopter's path at the end, tho... 2) Dumb question: What do the letters directly on top of the aircraft (eg S, V, N) stand for? 3) From the "Simple pleasures for simple minds" department: I was slightly amused watching the aircraft pop into existence as they took off. #AmITheIdiot
after the pursuit they loiter around at leisure. they are up, might as well make the use of the time for hours and fuel cost. i mean they are getting paid to be airborne observers to assist in calls that patrol cars could easily miss. I see them up almost every other day on ADSB Exchange.
no, KATL is divided into northern and southern halves. For the Main tower at the eastern end of KATL, its Tower North and Tower South/Ground North and Ground South last i recall each ramp also has a ground Controller, which is the square cab at the midway points of each terminal roof. Now for the main tower, a Tower Controller can temporarily cover another controller for ground if said ground is taking a momentary break. so Tower North can handle Air and Ground for his half for a few moments. normally is not the case but happens from time to time.
Police helicopter AIR1 radio tx is crap but the ATL tower can understand. Meanwhile police radio dispatch be like: "Air 1 say again?.... Air 1 you broke up... Air 1? Air 1? Air 1? Air 1 say again? Air 1 I wasn't able to copy. Air 1 do you copy? Air 1? Air 1? I can't reach Air 1....
This is really not a big deal. This stuff happens almost daily at major metropolitan airports with the local police/sheriff working air support around busy airports.
If they're chasing top criminals, yes it's justified. both ATC and pilots knows what they're doing. The pilots are maintaining visual separation, ATC still keeping track of them. They KNOW what they're doing.
True professionals everywhere...
Indeed
Now, were this the NYC area...
@@jamessheppard4372 Situational awareness by all hands is evident. Great to listen to professionals from different areas of work meshing together, sounded perfect. I just hope APD caught the bad guy(s).
Before watching the video I was afraid this comment was gonna be sarcasm
Love it!!!
Keep in mind, Air 1 has to speak to ATC, Police Freq. his partner(s), keep a visual on everything since they're VFR and track the suspects. They're amazing!
In the UK there are now two operators at minimum for this very reason, such high workloads can result in accidents or reduced efficiency. Each heli will have a pilot flying and a second pilot to coordinate, operate cameras etc,sometimes there will be a separate camera / lamp operator. Most of the emergency helicopters, police, medivac and search and rescue have two pilots for critical work i.e on the job/lives at risk and not training.
Not 100% accurate. Pilots only communicate with ATC and their partner. The flight observer (right seat) communicates with police dispatch and units on the ground.
kinda hard to hear everything if you can notice, due to all the static in the radio/on frequency
@@Belchmaster41 The antenna we are listening with is on the ground somewhere in the neighborhood. This is not a feed from the tower.
Negative, sir. Police helicopters usually take off with two flight crew, one of which maintains communication with the ground patrol units.
This tower controller is the GOAT. Amazing situational awareness and communication skills.
For those that have never been to ATL, it is exactly like this. One after the other all day! There's a little bit of a break here and there, but for the most part it is non-stop arrivals and departures. It's amazing to me that there's not much of a back-up at ATL. It's an incredibly efficient airport. The cellphone parking lot is right in front of 9L/R which makes for some great pictures when arrivals and departures are using those runways.
"We're in a galaxy far far away, but we still have to change in Atlanta?" ~Darth Vader on It's a Trap.
The really fascinating thing to me as someone who flies out of KRYY just up the road is, the controllers at KATL never seem to lose their cool. Even when one of us small and slow types enter their airspace and their dance card is full, they are always top professionals. I wish all major airport controllers were like that.
It's an incredibly busy airspace. You have practically one of busiest airports in the world, one very busy GA airport about 5-10 miles NE of KATL which PDK and then FTY which is about 3-5 NW of KATL. FTY isn't as busy as it used to be. How all the ATL controllers run it all so smoothly is incredible.
I was one of the senior engineers on Runway 10-28, the "fifth runway" 15+ years ago. It was clear to us that ATL needed the extra capacity. I really don't monitor it, but it appears it usually gets used for either arrivals or departures depending on the need. Between that and the end-around taxiways (one built, I think the other will be soon), ATL is a master of efficiency.
It's busiest in the world, right?
3:18 Those 5 aircraft on final are the most satisfying traffic pattern I've ever seen.
5 ✴ for that controller, arrivals, departures and ground movements.
That was my friend btw, he is a great controller
Foreal, especially at Atlanta, the busiest airport in the world, he kept completely calm and even welcomed that Air France to Atlanta during a stressful situation....Cpt Delta, give him our regards and tell him to keep up the good work
five coronavirus?? five star wanted level?? rating!?
/s
@@abandonedaccount123 Well, you wonder why why the heli was there in the first place... xD
Worked Fire/EMS for 32 years ...worked a lot with medical helicopter services....those pilots and police heli pilots are all class acts...the best
I'm in England and our helimed are invaluable, especially as about half carry a trauma doctor or senior anesthesiologist as well as the critical care paramedics and all get used as first responders in addition to land crew requests, most of the pilots are former military (the Duke of Cambridge was one) and are experts in getting into some tight spots with no ground personal available if they are first on scene
World class controller right there, even gave the AirFrance a nice "Welcome to Atlanta" as well haha love it
He stated the taxiway as "delta" for Air France too.
That welcome to the AF pilots is pure class.
@@JHamilton791 Oops! I know it's "delta" everywhere else, but it's supposed to be "dixie" at ATL. Maybe to not confuse the Air France pilot.
Love the southern twang in the controller's voice and his calm tempo. He is an example to those who think if you have a high workload you must speak rapidly.
Man, it’s just constant communications. No trimmed silence. Then keep that up for an entire shift. That’s a crazy workload. I hope these ATC get paid real WELL!
More traffic than Heathrow and Gatwick combined, this is truly the major leagues when it comes to ATC
The more i listen to the professionalism of pilots & controllers, I think in order to keep & attract high quality people we should make sure they are properly paid.
Controllers get a pretty nice salary in the USA.
win: money doesnt dictate class /professionalism
Trust me. They are. Hasn’t always been that way. And there’s always a threat of it going back downhill. But at the moment? They’re doing quite well.
@@tieoneon5240 Maybe not in such simple terms. But it sure plays an awfully big role in being able to attract and maintain employees with it! It’s a pretty simple cause and effect really.
@@johnrocheleau9946
correct but politicians get paid good salaries and even better perks.........
A carefully coordinated ballet that goes on 24/7/365. Hats off to all pilots and ATC!✈️🚁🛩
SNUFY is my new favorite waypoint
Flew helos (EMS, TV, powerline patrol, etc.) in and around ATL for over 20 years. The tower controllers are always professional and a pleasure to work with. Tell them where you need to go, and they will work with you to make it happen (though they will put you in the penalty box if you don't play nice).
I’m exhausted just listening to atc without the air1 info. I can’t imagine how busy the airspace is at Atlanta and the sheer effort it takes to manage it.
It helps that all 5 runways are parallel, but it is still busy.
@@bp-ob8ic now I understand the effiecney of the airport arrivals and departures.
Is Atlanta still the busiest in US or/and world?
Don't forget silences are chopped so things seem to happen much quicker
I love the ATL crew!!! I listen to them several times a week. They have some of the friendliest controllers in the mornings “have a great flight 😊”
Says a lot about the tower in Atlanta that they can manage so many flights and still be able to keep Atlanta PD's air unit safe in their Bravo air space.
A credit to the profession! Just a great flow from this man…….attitude, clarity, brevity, calmness, professionalism, etc…. A tip of the hat.
All Police Helicopter Pilots are SO Professional and well trained it's amazing. Thank god, hope they are all safe up there.
Parents often tell their children they can be whatever they want to be when they grow up. Clearly, they never listened to air traffic controllers on the job. I KNOW I have neither the brain nor the focus to do what these folks do.
Teamwork and communication...... Bravo!!!!
That poor controller...you can almost hear him thinking of Air 1.. “ of all the busiest bravo airspaces in all the towns in all the world, he flies into mine...”..that ‘welcome to Atlanta’ to Air France cracked me up too.
Southern Hospitality for ya :)
but make no mistake, you cross them, oh you get dog housed really fast.
Very impressive ATC to have a helicopter on the departure end (IN A PURSUIT) at the busiest airport!
I heard something like this in Houston TX a pursuit was happening and the police helicopter was going into the approach path and ATC did a good job at getting him through the approach paths and came within 800 feet of a landing Lufthansa A330
These APD guys train at PDK. I took my commercial check ride with another APD pilot going for his check ride at the same time as me.
Saved me some money flying to the place for the check ride… Thanks APD 😁
might have been me... check ride with Riley?
Well done by all! Great job by the controller. Welcome to KATL
Nicely worked by tower and the Law Helo . ATL is such a busy field . Hopefully the perpetrator was apprehended 👍
@@terryboyer1342 Oops - is the DA one of those whose campaign was paid for largely by that Hungarian dude too?
Yeah, ATL must be hard enough to deal with without VOR helos in the climb path of the active runway. Everybody kept their cool though, you can really tell when you're dealing with pros. Kudos to them!
@@terryboyer1342 :(
@@markmaki4460 Seriously, you had to bring politics into a comment thread about the professionalism of ATCs and police pilots? Just can't resist any opportunity to take a cheap shot at the libs, right? You're wrong, by the way.
@@michaelreid322 Hah - hugs, my sweet triggered person. And if you had read my reply, you might note that i was asking a question, so i didn't know the answer - ah and i said nothing about "liberal" or "conservative". It seems the trigger here is in the mind of the triggered.
One of the few videos where the pilot (AIR1) is consistently talking considerably faster than the controller. Both very clear and professional of course.
Probably talking on 2 radios at the same time, Police and Tower. As well as keeping eyes out the window for suspects AND other aircraft.
Ye was gonna say has to be a pretty high workload for air1 to be operating in bravo airspace
Controller in full control. 👍
Man.... that airport is nuts. I spent at least a total of a week in that airport from traveling across the country while I was in the Army.
i live in the area, have been for 35 years, also fly HEMS now, so i interact with them all the time if i get close enough.
My mother worked there for 18 of her 24 years with DAL, i know that airport like the back of my hand.
@@CapStar362 I went to basic at Fort Benning and ended up being stationed at Fort Stewart. I spent a good amount of time in Georgia and occasionally Atlanta.
as a little guy , atlanta is generally friendly and understanding when i file or ask for flight following, good guys considering how busy they are sometimes
Would not want to be anywhere near the wake of that airbus!
Air one and Atlanta twr earned their pay that day. Well done!
Working a police helicopter that close to an airport has to be a bit nerve wracking. I can still remember a Seattle PD helicopter coming straight up into a Cessna on final and chopping it to bits back in about '74-75.
The local car groups here track the police helicopters regularly. Atlanta is pretty crazy, like half the people here drive Hellcats that can clock 200+mph.
This would be awesome to catch live, let alone see live
... get you a weather radio with VHF and monitor it from home ...
Lots of things going on at once! Great job
Air France welcome to Atlanta, lock your doors.
Teamwork makes the dream work!
I know a lot of street racers in the area that exclusively race near the ATL airport during busy night times for helicopter avoidance, lol.
Happens everywhere. 😉
Problem with that is now that that's a known racing area APD, Clayton County PD and Georgia State Patrol will do snap no notice traffic checkpoints. People who work at the airport and use that section of roadway to get to and from the airport late at night hate when that tunnel area or any area near the airport is taking over by Street racers. They don't seem to realize here that this is a facility that does not shut down except in situations declared by the City Department of Aviation or the FAA if safety or weather-related or via a security issue by TSA. Traffic in that area is bad enough under normal conditions and Street racers make it worse. And racing in a tunnel area is even dumber than normal because if you have an accident in the tunnel you not only risk damage to the vehicles involved there's also a chance of structural damage to the Runway tunnel supports. Last thing they want to do is to have to close 10/28 down because they have to do a safety inspection that may require heavy equipment including cranes.
Ooh la la, that French accent is lovely.
UPS 108 3-5-22 out of Anchorage international had engine out with flames shooting out of it. Went to Fairbanks, AK on one engine due to bad weather. can you get that one on your video
That is heavy work load!!
another day at Atlanta, 4 runways sometimes 5 in use at once
I was a little surprised to hear the ATC refer to taxiway D as "Delta", as I thought thought ATL used "Dixie" for D, but I assume that was out of courtesy for Air France... Unless they stopped using "Dixie" because some people think it no longer politically correct.
If it was anyone other than the police that helicopter would have had a phone number to call for heading straight into departing traffic after telling ATC he was headed the opposite direction
Blue Thunder has entered the chat.
ATC is incredibly impressive
what a great controller!
Amazing controller! Great job.
Smooth as warm butter!
Not a rare occurrence, it happened again early this morning. The police hanger is just on the northwest side of the airport. Also medevac helicopters frequently come across the airport to hospitals just on the north side.
yup, they depart right out the very north west corner of KATL. I fly HEMS myself, and i interact with KATL all the time when i have to cross their Bravo.
That fella was *_busy!_*
Talk about pissin excellence! Well done by all involved..
Crazy, I was just wondering how this would get handled.
The pursuant took a page out of the “Gone in 60 Seconds” playbook and decided to loose the helicopter by going to the airport.
How would they manage this if one of the planes has an engine failure during takeoff and a lower climb rate ?
Helicopter maintaining VFR, he's a heck of a lot faster than a plane at evading :)
I was also thinking about aircraft landing on 26R with a missed approach? Notice the tower controller kept his cool as well did the crew on Air 1!
They give traffic to each other before takeoff so they know about each other. If the pilot declares emergency then he becomes the priority aircraft. Tower would then instruct the helicopter to get out of his way
You tell the helicopter to gtfo of the way I imagine 🤷♂️
Respect like all these comments say. Lots of moving parts
Hola desde Nerja!
What do the letters "N", "A", "V", and "S" mean on the radar screen next to each aircraft symbol?
Where is the helicopter port for police? Peachtree?
Air 1 is stationed on the north side of ATL in a hangar. There are no police helo’s stationed at PDK.
It's a good thing no one had to do a go around on 26R. That sure would have stressed the controller out.
Doubt that as the go around would cross Air 1's path way higher than departures.
Is that one controller for arrivals and takeoffs?
yes, Tower North handles Runways 26/8 L and R, Tower South Handles 27/9 L and R also 10/28
in this particular instance he was also covering Ground North's loads for a moment. the airport is basically divided in half. Tower N/S Ground N/S
And each terminal ramp has a smaller tower - look at maps or something and you will see small square tower cabs at the mid point of each terminal. these guys handle pushback and gate entry ops.
Great job everyone
Can you feature the cebu pacific incident regarding atr72 runway incursion?
Controllers earn their paychecks there! Great job!👍🏻👍🏻
What do the turquoise A,V,* and S characters mean?
Nice video.
“Welcome to Atlanta”
So thats how you shack a heli, just keep doing circles arround the airport, make sure to high five the officers on your second lap. ;P
i think i drove by this little ordeal, when was the date on this?
Not sure if its just me but these new flight maps are really hard to visualize whats going on.
Kudos to ATC.
I'm sorry I never heard air one advise pursuit. ATC asked him to advise pursuit and he said he'd advise but that's about it.
Why is the sound sped up 5x ?
I was at the airport when this happened
So that is who was following me… I thought I heard a helicopter over me on I285.
I didn’t think I was that fast
Why would the police helicopter need to hang out that close to an airport for an hour do you know? Would understand passing the airspace just seams strange it just waiting there?
Air support for the guys on the ground. It was a chase.
Probably tracking a foot pursuit or a car is going round in circles. Or they could be searching for someone.
I don’t believe police helicopters generally do a lot of “hanging out”. Surely he had a good reason for being there. Controller asked if he was pursuing a car on the highway but evidently that was not the case.
I75 and I85 are right near the airport, the main interstate highways in Atlanta, one of them literally goes under runway 28/10, the airport is that huge
@@stephenbeck7222 @3:24 Air-1told the tower he was “on station.” That means he’s going to be orbiting in that immediate area, because the pursuit terminated and the suspects more than likely bailed out or the vehicle just stopped and the suspects are refusing to get out. Whatever the reason, the police operation is no longer transitioning down the roads and the helicopter is “on station,” working the incident below and within the controlled airspace (Class-B) of ATL airport. This happens daily. It’s what I do in LA every day.
Busy, busy! Fun!
When was this?
... and that’s how it is done ...
what does rnav mpass mean?
It's an initial clearance given to the aircraft by the tower. At the beginning of the video it shows the "fix" (GPS point) and it's labeled "mpass". Basically they are saying, once you take off use your GPS (most common form of RNAV today) to fly to the fix "mpass".
that you should, after liftoff and passing your safe climb altitude, via aRea NAVigation (imagine a GPS) fly to that waypoint MPASS (or other), which is usually the inital waypoint for the Standard Instrument Departure.
As added info, aRea NAVigation(RNAV) has been around since 1968.... Back then, you define a waypoint as a distance and a bearing from a VOR station.
1) That helicopter's path at the end, tho...
2) Dumb question: What do the letters directly on top of the aircraft (eg S, V, N) stand for?
3) From the "Simple pleasures for simple minds" department: I was slightly amused watching the aircraft pop into existence as they took off. #AmITheIdiot
after the pursuit they loiter around at leisure. they are up, might as well make the use of the time for hours and fuel cost. i mean they are getting paid to be airborne observers to assist in calls that patrol cars could easily miss.
I see them up almost every other day on ADSB Exchange.
I saw this on Flightradar24,, yeah I’m not sure what was going on..
Great controller.
Seriously, there's only one controller for takeoffs, landings, and ground?
At the airport with the most traffic?
Give him a raise!
no, KATL is divided into northern and southern halves.
For the Main tower at the eastern end of KATL, its Tower North and Tower South/Ground North and Ground South
last i recall each ramp also has a ground Controller, which is the square cab at the midway points of each terminal roof.
Now for the main tower, a Tower Controller can temporarily cover another controller for ground if said ground is taking a momentary break. so Tower North can handle Air and Ground for his half for a few moments. normally is not the case but happens from time to time.
WOW
0:20, if there was a stereotypical ATL ATC, that's exactly how I would expect them to sound. ALLLLLLLRIGHT AIIIIRRRRR 1.......
Another day at the office.
Now do it for 7 hours.
👍🏻
Was it really necessary to put hundreds of lives in potential jeopardy? For what, someone ran a red light?
Taxiway Delta :(
Helikopter helikopter
Police helicopter AIR1 radio tx is crap but the ATL tower can understand.
Meanwhile police radio dispatch be like: "Air 1 say again?.... Air 1 you broke up... Air 1? Air 1? Air 1? Air 1 say again? Air 1 I wasn't able to copy. Air 1 do you copy? Air 1? Air 1? I can't reach Air 1....
This is really not a big deal. This stuff happens almost daily at major metropolitan airports with the local police/sheriff working air support around busy airports.
Moot
There is no police action which justifies placing this extra stress and risk on everyone by hanging out at the end of a busy runway.
So tell me what would’ve been a better idea?
There definitely is
@@VASAviation How many lives are worth placing planes full of lives at increased risk?
If they're chasing top criminals, yes it's justified. both ATC and pilots knows what they're doing. The pilots are maintaining visual separation, ATC still keeping track of them. They KNOW what they're doing.