Radar love: Tracing the changes atop Dulles Airport’s iconic tower
The inflatable plastic radome served a utilitarian purpose but it was nicely proportioned: a 17-foot-diameter ball atop a 160-foot tower.
The union alleged the FAA had refused to “take corrective action for two years because the required change would detract from the aesthetic appearance of the tower.” At first, the FAA denied this,In the summer of 1978, the FAA decided to replace the Dulles radome with a hard plastic dome from Andrews Air Force Base. Alas, after the dome was lifted by a helicopter, it cracked. The whole thingand shattered. The FAA decided to get a dome from Oklahoma.
The FAA oversees the controllers who work in the ATCT. They’re the ones who monitor planes in the air. Ground control is handled at Dulles by Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority personnel working in two shorter towers.
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