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How the FAA Let Remote Tower Technology Slip Right Through Its Fingers

Jetwhine

Using HD cameras, controllers can zoom in on any given point within the cameras range, say an aircraft on final approach. Another Remote Tower benefit is that each aircraft within visual range can be tagged with that aircrafts tail number, just as it might if the controller were looking at a radar screen. Cost, for one.