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e4 "'7) L naan 'tk4" --- 47-perrf- lit - - a:ea 110V 77141t7':::r7114 n4antnntrn":::neaalaanaanatPana-n- a '': an''' - ' " " 'nl'!nRneannannena 'ae '-' -- 1''''- 3 f :Aii:: aaa''''N: naannna'ailaanne an'eani4nenana:en iVaRn" Tana akaaila a ea "'nnaan 11114' 444n :i::ii a aeal ea:''''''nnnn - na 4 :aa e- - t:) - —Associated - Almost eight hours and 500 plane movemeuts later control tower crew at the Newark seven-memb- D san position Traffic was picking up The ground controller two was down busy consoles from and to planes directing en ''0 1NA 4 I i i1 the terminal Each Airport Troubled "Every controller thinks his airport is the worst" said Kellenberger during a lull "Newark's big problem oi the ground ls that you can only get one plane at a time in or out of the space between the Right two loading arcades now Mohawk can't get out until American gets in That private jet can't get out until that 'United 727 is unhooked a er ' Mesh with Others Is complicated by the fact that he must sandwich his outboard aircraft in between planes taking off from Kennedy LaGuardia and about nine smaller airports in his area such as Teterboro and Morristown NJ If more planes have logged flight plans via I - : At Newark Except for Rare Moments Like These s - almost three' times daily more than 15 years ago While equipment has improved traf ' tic has kept climbing tray in front of him was filled with stubbed-ou- t butts is no "This job to try and give up smoking" said the controller behind Kellenberger "There's no way you can stop all this like a traffic cop and stand off and take a second look" Kellenberger shot over his shoulder he wasait rivals again a '' " Tannersville a departure navigation beacon near the Delaware Water Gap in Pennsylvania than Sparta a similar one in New Jersey then the Sparta plane is apt to get takeoff clearance first regardless of position in line "But you don't always have time to explain that to the so you hear from pilots them" said Kellenberger lighting his second cigarette The controllers still had time to comment on the passing scene "Look at America's new paint scheme" said one "Terrible" Eastern" ''Nice landing said another "A storm line's about 22 miles west of here" "Ungh That'll foul things up" Short Runway Full Meanwhile Newark's shorter runway 1129 was busy with commuter planes helicopters and a few private aircraft all of which had to be slipped into the pattern too "Hey" someone called out "They say kids are throwing rocks at some of the air taxis as they land" "It's things like that that make this job interesting" Kellenberger said shaking his head just sit up in our glass "ge and watch One day I looked down and there were some kids riding their down the bikes right runway" On other foggy days Kellenberger may not even see the ground at all much less the planes he's guiding Then the planes are on instruments We of the "Altimeter - bu4ngry asT h'saleauerpalasnesth Kennedy Takes Plane And Kellenberger to be dedicated but we're responsible for hundreds of lives and dollars of equipment — espedaily the lives — every millif shift" mile trail but it's a matter of Morristown plane in turn appropriated it When we get we get midair collisions money But that isn't the way child taxied out and Kellenberger cleared it right away for takeoff ahead of eight other waiting planes because It was bound for Sparta which was clear it" you like to do Kellenberger started trick as local Kellenberger saw one crash his when he was an Air Force controller in his same pleascontroller in Hawaii Most ant professional voice He shifted his weight comfortehly controllers get their expedKlee in service "It made a from side to side passed the big impressire on me A very plastic holders around effortbig impression Maybe you lessly had another coffee put out a little more because Work Strain Shows of the nature of the job" But as time passed his The plastic holders were voice His were feet control around the tightened flying room a little faster TIM planted He accompanied his instructions to the invisible clacking as they were stacked in holders at the various conpilots with short chopping lied two-ho- motions of his hand The ash- - soles Clack the local coordinator took the incoming flights from New York and passed them on in sequence to the local controller who was in charge of landings Clack he passed them onto ground control after touchthe local down Clack controller got a stack of planes waiting takeoffs Once he got them oft the ground he took out the paper slips passed them without turning to a console behind hi :1 back where a controller told New York it was handing the plane the over to them Clack holders went back to the coordinator to start the round "Eastern make a right 2788 ordered a jet that had just down When it had he cleared a Delta jet for takeoff and when it was airborne told Kennedy which took over the plane It was all a matter of sec onds but Kellenberger thinks in terms of miles always catching glimpses of the blips on the radar zeroing in as reelntlessly as fate on the steady center of light on the screen which was the airport all were The controllers talking now ell business A voice rose above the others National 458 out of Miami radioed it might have blown a tire on takeoff It asked per mission to buzz the tower wheels down for a check Hour Long Watt "He's one of the lucky he said Less lucky ones were waiting almost an hour — a United jet had turned off two of its four engines to save fuel The trouble was the limit because of the weather too many planes going via Tannersville and too many planes period Newark has more than 8o0 operations ones" n He went downstairs for a sandwich but the adren&in was still running and he said qt:t ' e i'6 i Ellti I I Shifts Change ' It was the local controller ne a a etit i an ionat i e - 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Controllers can make more than $15000 a year But that was secondary We really acted for better equipvient and more now well in view Close RTE - think we debris He too got off the runway just in time for Kellenberger to get a prop plane out ahead of a jet that was rt again who was the pivot man Kellenberger was about to take his turn is all you "About two hsaid "You get can take" he punchy Your reactions are slower You know what you want to say but it doesn't come out that way You possibly could become a hazard" He didn't explain or have to If all planes flew at the same speeds climbed at the that meant lit up "That's the real reason for the slowdowns last year and 'this if that's what you want to call them Some people Jet Lands Safely The jet circled around and landed gently Something apparently rubber whipped off itsawheels The plane stopped safely One of the emergency vehicles that had been standing by sped down zero wind eight one hundred-ninet- y degrees" he told an inbound Eastern jet He aketh could were better ards men didn't yet ' three-zero-zer- o ' Need Better Equipment g one for Kellenberger 'doesn't see the jumbo jets solving the jams either despite their greater capacity "The regular jets didn't" It was rush hour for sure Physically pivotinlike a sec end baseman in a double play K e 1 lenberger off tossed Instructions almost as fast as be could talk He gave clearance to a private jet to take off which meant another plane headed the same way from Morristown — 20 miles away — would have to wait until the Newark plane had flown 40 miles before leaving because New York held up Newark ar- "This is the man" said Kellenberger of a speck rapidly approaching from the lower Manhattan skyline turning gray in the dusk The 727 thundered past at eye level as other controllers looked at its landing gear with binoculars It seemed all didn't Kellenberger right have time lo look ' touched but you have Press Wirephotos Airport finds a few minutes to relax They haven't had time since 3 pm to admire ligLts of Newark I er paths ' "We had five days in a row like that last week That's when you need a vacation Actually a good controller has to be 'a little nuts" said Kellenberger who has wanted to be one since he visited Newark airport as a teen i 0 a- e in the :ie::i::::i: t) aa as )i ''' 161''' 41' 4 :'::'' l':::':''":4V14::4:1':::::!:!j!':V:K"::': "14 elent4-eaapaaanni- analpe '''' 1:t44::: io ag ::::: :''' - ' iien IVal16 - - -) n4anaa-'-:':'1- ' into their planned course Since a heavily loaded plane takes longer to reach altitude Kellenberger may have to hold up a faster climbing plane behind it to avoid having the second run up the first's tailpipe If the delay is as much as a minute and there are 10 planes waiting the last is 10 minutes late and the delays keep snowballing The FAA also requires a separation of planes in bad weather With the line squall to the west that meant Kell enberger's customers were even further stack2d up on the runways some as long as 40 minutes "If we had the equipment e !0:': (?) ing aircraft manuals and the like To lower noise on takeoff for instance the FAA requires planes to bank left away from populous Elizabeth to the south until they reach 2000 feet when they can turn 11 i a nedy tonight" Mr Hardly Free For something supposedly as free as the air Kellenberger's little alleyway of space te p--------- : running in and out of Newark Is cluttered with regulations all of which he has to keep abreast of along with chang- Relax? AGuy' Doesn't Have Time t I 1I - under :: ::::::: Less than 30 seconds of tense action are photographed here Dick Kellenberger right In all pictures makes remark to ground control- - rombaubohl don't :: ae 'n ::en'a '''''' o -- same rate carried the same load and arrived over Newark at precise intervals Kellen- - KV: n a ' 111111111111SIMPIEININIMMEIMIMPENOMMIIMMIIMIONINIMEINOWEEMII I '40" :i'''' 4:::::::::: :::ii Ae ::::s ::: --- :::::1:i ::: :i::: :: :::A::: :! a NJ s :: li: frt!4":41ilitNA'°' 90:: NEWARK Dick Kellenberger v:- :: :': V lenberger drained the last - And Take a Second Look" ''' :::::: :':- - ' : ' - i::: :3 ik:p -44e4 Alf tolt:1 -t: i:!1"-!-!' i a' i ' :' ::::: 4 :EI1:Nt:::??i::: 14 !44::::Cnnn:n'In:'11' n Ay a 'in:ea:nen enane '4-e- e n nn:naa ao aa ITN? - 41 V::'4X: At ''''!:: 111 ' ' :' Cop and Sjand Off ' - ) :g''' i'la-C:'--- ': di4 'i:i::l01 0 '1 :"t J- er::o044:::4::::: ::::: ::: i You Can Stop All This Like a Traffic - - - By Sid Moody ::::':: ::: :: : "There's No Way ::- f ::::::: sk::7::Nt ::1 : 4::::?::-:':::a- ::4:-:-z:- - 4 01:1 : d :- l'":''''''''w' ::: i4 ' - : ' " t'ti f i - ! ? 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