London’s cramped City Airport, located in the heart of the city, is undergoing a massive upgrade, including the addition of a fancy new air traffic control tower. But to maximise the airport’s limited space, that tower is actually being built 129km away, and will rely on 14 high-def cameras to give remote ATC crews a virtual view of the far-off airport.
The idea of the airport’s air traffic control team being located over an hour away from the comings and goings of all the actual planes sounds kind of terrifying. But as YouTube via Likecool]