Excursion: 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Vienna Airport, Schwechat

Mr. Habeler works for Austro Control. The Flight Weather Service is located at Vienna Airport.First, we looked at various weather images and satellite pictures on the computer. When the satellite picture was rather dark, it meant warmth. When it was lighter, it meant cold. We also learnt some English words for weather conditions: rain, hail, thunderstorm...The time of the day was different, because people there work with all over the world. Afterwards, we went up on the roof. We watched many planes taking off and landing. We also saw the tower. There sit the air traffic controllers, who tell the pilots , whether they can take off or land. The man explained to us that there are two kinds of flights:Flying by instruments (only instruments are used) Flying by sight (the pilot sees everything in front of him).We like the excursion very much and were really excited about it.

Dani & Julia
 

Monday, May 18, 1998

Visit on Vienna Airport Schwechat As we did not know very much, we were explained everything. We were shown on the radar how highs and lows develop. The high turns clockwise, the low counter-clockwise. On another radar we could see rainfall. People can call by telephone and find out about the weather for the following days. Afterwards, we went up on the roof to watch airplanes. On one monitor, we could see lightning: whenever there was a lightning somewhere there was a blinking light on the screen. I do not remember anything else, but I liked it very much and I made some valuable experiences.

By: Christoph, Robert and Thien!
 
 
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