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Logan air traffic control, Part 2

Description: Air traffic controllers at Logan tower. Line of controllers seated in dark room in front of radar scopes. Interview with Bill about how he became a controller, starting in military; what attributes are necessary to do the job well. reel 2 of 4
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/03/1978

Logan air traffic control, Part 3

Description: Air traffic control tower at Logan. Controller Bill works in departure control readying flights for takeoff, giving runway instructions via headset. Pilot acknowledgement audible. He surveys expanse of runways from window of tower in daylight. TWA plane takes off. Controllers work standing. Cam tilts between radar scope and window onto runways. Bill and female controller seen head on through outside of window (shot from catwalk). reel 3 of 4
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/03/1978

Logan air traffic control, Part 4

Description: Air traffic controller Bill in Logan tower, seen through window (shot from catwalk). High shot of wide area surrounding airport. Cars driving to airport, past Eastern hangar and terminal. View across harbor to financial district skyline with Custom House and beyond to Citgo sign in extreme distance. Flight approach instructions given over headset; pilot acknowledgement audible. British Airways plane taxis on runway, gathers speed, nose points up, lifts off, landing gear retracts. reel 4 of 4
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/03/1978

Logan planes and passengers

Description: Passengers in ticket lines in international terminal at Logan. Distinctive Braniff planes painted bright colors. Luggage. Taxiing TWA and American Airlines jets. Reporter explains Braniff's trademark - brightly colored planes, leather seats, flying routes other airlines do not. Braniff plans to use Boston as its gateway to European air travel.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/30/1979

MASSPORT

Description: B-roll footage of Massachusetts Port Authority (MASSPORT) structures and five MASSPORT workers on strike, picketing in a parking lot. Signs read "MASSPORT Unfair to Teamsters Local 137" and "On Strike." Footage of traffic on bridge; roadway. Motorcycle policeman with canine assistant wearing goggles on back of bike. Zoomed clip of air traffic control tower at Logan Airport; slightly larger group of striking workers circle in parking lot; state policeman regulates traffic.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/08/1980

MASSPORT

Description: CONTAINER SHIPPING FROM BOSTON HARBOR. PLANES APPROACH LOGAN LANDING OVER HARBOR. DAVID DAVIS
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/27/1984

Manchester and Portland airports

Description: Brief file of Manchester, NH airport and Portland, Maine international jetport.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News

Massport and air safety

Description: Massport executive director David Davis on problem of crowded skies and air traffic safety around Logan Airport. Sen. John Kerry, Rep. Joseph Kennedy.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/27/1987

NOISE POLLUTION

Description: PROBLEMS OF AIR TRAFFIC AND NOISE POLLUTION AROUND LOGAN AIRPORT AND HANSCOM FIELD. Mary Ellen Welch, Anna DeFronzo, David Davis, Massport.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/23/1986

Pease Air Force Base closing

Description: Pease AFB in Portsmouth will close, opening possibility for conversion to international airport serving northern New England. Pat Moscaritolo of Massport favors idea to alleviate Logan traffic.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/30/1988