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Air Traffic Control

 History Articles :

    Less known details from Historic Events

    from the American Civil War

   from the Spanish Civil War

    Our beloved Air Aces (WW2)

    Our beloved Air Aces (WW1)

    Articles related to History

    Our Wikipedia article contribution

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Subjects on Air Traffic Control for the public and the professional 

in english

• VECTORING TECHNIQUES Math Analysis and 'rules-of-thumb'

• ATC 2k The best free professional ACC-APP radar simulator
• Xavius ATCC 1.1  A popular ATC simulator
• BAO Tower Simulator How to create your own exercise scenarios
• London Control One of the best recent ATC simulators for the public
• A short history of Air Traffic Control
• Galileo : The European GPSS is born

• From SSR to Mode-S Evolution of radar/transponder links (simplified)

• The VHF Data Link 2000 Evolution of the 'speechless' pilot-controller link

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There aren't many books around talking about the real struggle of ATC people 

to make the ATC systems run despite their 'weaknesses'. The "Margin for Error : None" makes some very good points on this reality with universal value. It's good to read it especially if you are an ATCO yourself

Less known details from Historic Events

A deeper analysis on some historical topics

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• FLEGOMENOS ORIZONTAS STON ARKTIKO WWKEANO H naumacia sth qalassa tou MparentVO

• Cape North The Heroic end of the battleship Sharnhorst 

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• NAUMACIA STO BOREIO AKRWTHRIO To epiko teloV tou Sharnhorst

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• Blood  Red Skies Over BerlinThe 8th American Air Army is surprised by the Luftwaffe over Berlin in 1944 

• SMHNOS AUTOKTONIAS ELMPE H alhqinh istoria twn germanwn kamikaze

• Rammkommando Elbe The true story of the German 'Kamikaze' The last attack of Luftwaffe

• PEQAINONTAS STON RHNO H anqrwpinh istoria pisw ap thn katalhyh thV gerfuraV tou Remagken

• EPIQESH STO TIRPITS Ta upobrucia tsephV epitiqentai

• BOMBARDISMOS PERIOCHS Ena dogma tou mesopolemou, dokimasthke entona ston 2o PP alla gia politikouV skopouV

• LOFOS 112  To olokautwma thV NormandiaV  (26 Iouniou-1 Augoustou 1944)

• EPICEIRISH BODENPLATE  Louftbafe Cristougenna 1945tbfe

• EIDIKA PARASHMA TWN BAFFEN ES-ES  AponomeV tou parashmou machV ek tou sustadhn 

• OI QERMOPULES THS NORMANDIAS H mach thV Falaiz 

• BITTMAN : O hrwikwteroV germanoV assoV armatwn - QanatoV & QriamboV sth Normandia  

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• H DOULEIA KAI O AMERIKANIKOS EMFULIOS POLEMOS Analush twn pragmatikwn aitiwn tou Amerikanikou Emfuliou polemou

• H DOLOFONIA TOU PROEDROU LINKOLN Nea stoiceia embaqunoun sto giati kai poioV tou paraskhniou thV dolofoniaV

• CANLEU To prwto upobrucio se polemikh drash

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• ROBERT HALE MERRIMAN  The commander of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War

•  MIA TRAGWDIA : O EMFULIOS ISPANIKOS POLEMOS Mia baqeia politikh analush twn sunqhkwn pou ton dhmiourghsan kai apofasisan gia thn katalhxh tou

• FRANK TINKER The first ever pilot to shoot down a german Messerschmit - fought with the Spanish Republic against Franco

• FRANK TINKER O prwtoV pilotoV pou katerriye Messersmit - polemhse gia thn Dhmokratikh Ispania enantion tou Franko

• ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟΣ ΕΜΦΥΛΙΟΣ ΠΟΛΕΜΟΣ Η ιστορία που δεν ξέρετε,είτε που ξέρετε αλλά θέλετε να αγνοείτε 

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• O NAPOLEWN KI OI STRATHGOI TOU PwV oi mikroi dhmiourghsan kai katabaraqrwsan touV megalouV

• MATZIKERT To epoV enoV prodomenou autokratora

Our Beloved Air Aces

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• STEVE SPIROS PISANOS A greek pilot with the RAF American Eagles

• SPUROS PISANOS Ena paidi ap ton Kolwno pou  oneireuthke na petaxei

Steve's book published !!!

The 'Flying Greek' apart from an autobiographic book

adds historic information and details to the air battles over Europe and the 4th FG

As Steve explained to me he was keeping a detailed log ever since 1939 and most 

of this work comes out of this meticulous historic exercise

you may order it in US by the www.potomacbooksinc.com 

or try also Amazon  here

Steve has sent me his autographed book and it makes me feel

so proud that he considers me as one of the contributors to this work 

...and where it is revealed that my grandfather Nikos Balmas and his father Nikos Pisanos  were serving on the same 

battleship during the Balkan Wars !

• PIERRE CLOSTERMANN The top WW2 French Air Ace

• PIER KLOSTERMAN  Apospasmata ap to biblio tou prwtou Gallou assou

• IT IS WITH EXTREME SORROW AND PAIN THAT WE KNEW OF THE DEATH OF PIERRE CLOSTERMANN 

• ON THE 26TH MARCH 2006 at the age of 85 ! The only consolation is that Pierre has left behind his writings 

• that preserved lively the era of the WW2 aces of his days

• VASSILIADES VASSILIOS : The unknown greek air ace

• ΒΑΣΙΛΗΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΑΔΗΣ ο Έλληνας άσσος της RAF. Σύντομη αναφορά στην Μονογραφία για τον Βασιλιάδη όπως δημοσιεύτηκε στο ελληνικό περιοδικό ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ ΦΤΕΡΑ 

• FRANK TINKER The first ever pilot to shoot down a german Messerschmit - fought with the Spanish Republic against Franco

• FRANK TINKER O prwtoV pilotoV pou katerriye Messersmit - polemhse gia thn Dhmokratikh Ispania enantion tou Franko

• A.S. EXUPERY The forerunner of civil aviation and the philosopher

• ΑΝΤΟΥΑΝ ΝΤΕ ΣΑΙΝΤ ΕΧΥΠΕΡΥ Έναςμ εγάλος στοχαστής και πρωτοπόρος της πολιτικής αεροπορίας

• THE GREEK PZL FIGHTERS The story of the very 'few' who fought the early days of the Greek air fight 1940-41

• GREEKS IN SPITFIRES A short story for the Greek pilots and their Spitfires 1942-49

• TA OUGGAREZIKA PUMA H gennaia drash twn ouggarezwn pilotwn tou 2ou PP

• ARISTEIDHS MWRAITINHS O megaloV thV aeroporikhV maV istoriaV

• Aristedes Moraetenes : The most prominent of the Greek Aviation pioneers

• MPERLINGK To Geraki thV MaltaV

• PLAGHS GIANNHS O EllhnaV AssoV thV RodesiaV

•   Οι Μοίρες της Ερήμου Σύντομη αναφορά στην έκδοση για την ιστορία των 3 Ελληνικών Μοιρών 13, 355, 356 στην Β. Αφρική τον 2ο ΠΠ 

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• SARL NANZESER O AssoV twn Asswn , deigma qarrouV kai qrasouV htan piqanwtata o prwtoV pilotoV pou diescise ton Atlantiko

• BERNER BOSS O pilotoV me to gkrizo-galazo aeroplano

•   MPAILKE & RICTCOFEN -O daskaloV ki o maqhthV

• ZAN NABAR  H tragikh istoria tou prwtou aeromachth pilotou

• JEAN NAVARRE The tragic story of the first ever air fighter

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Articles related to History

• History of the Greek island ANDROS & the origins of the MANSOLA family name

• L' histoire de l' île de ANDROS et du nom de la famille MANSOLA

• Diabaste ta biblia tou HLIA KARTALAMAKH

• O pappouV maV NIKOS BALMAS se istorikeV anamnhseiV

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Wikipedia Articles where we have contributed

Wikipedia is an on-line free Encyclopedia. Despite its articles being written by  non-professional historians, its free contribution style results in hosting a number of very important details which would have been otherwise obscured. You may not agree with all what is found there but you'll find many things about anything old or very contemporary from a large number of contributors of various countries

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewoitine_371 

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenerife_disaster   

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_Flight_Simulator_2

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_pocket_battleship_Admiral_Graf_Spee 

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bridges_at_Toko-Ri 

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wing_and_a_Prayer 

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Leathernecks 

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malta_Story 

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Air_Crash_%28TV%29 

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piece_of_Cake_%28TV_serial%29 

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aces_High_%28film%29 

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Glasgow_Tinker 

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andres_Garcia_La_Calle 

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hale_Merriman 

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Franco

• Έλεγχος Εναέριας Κυκλοφορίας  

• Αντουάν ντε Σαιντ Εξυπερύ

• Μάχη των Αρδεννών

• Λουξεμβούργο

• Βίλχελμ Κανάρις  

• Κιμ Φίλμπυ

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VISIT our favourable Links...

1.   The site of another Flying Greek the Canadian-Greek airline pilot 

GEORGE LENIS  

2.   The site of a modern Greek philosopher who, for some years now, speaks simply and targets deeply

NIKOS DHMOU