Understanding Air Traffic Control
at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh
ABOUT THE CONTROLLERS
The FAA has staffed a tower at the EAA convention
since the 1960's. FAA Air Traffic personnel (including controllers, supervisors
and managers) come from throughout the new Central Terminal Service Area (CTSA)
to provide air traffic control (ATC) services each year.
With the exception of one guest controller from
Sun 'N Fun, all ATC personnel come from FAA facilities within the 17-state
Central Terminal Service Area (comprised of terminal facilities within the old
FAA Great Lakes, Central and Southwest Regions). All together, 50 towers from 15
states are represented.
Controllers are normally limited to volunteering
for a total of seven years at the EAA convention, to allow others a chance to
volunteer for this temporary duty assignment.
The controllers are divided into teams of four
persons each:
- One Veteran controller serves as the
"Team Leader" and another Veteran may work on the team as well.
Each of these controllers will have three or more years of previous OSH
experience.
- At least one member of the team will have one
to two years of OSH experience. This group is identified as the
"Limited"
- The final member of each team will be new to
OSH and is identified as a "Rookie".
These teams stay together throughout the
convention as they rotate through the control towers at OSH or FLD, FISK
VFR Approach Control and the mobile departure platforms (known as
MOOCOWs - which is short for MObile Operating and
COmmunications
Workstation).
Listed below is the complete
listing of control tower personnel for AirVenture 2011 - along with their home
facilities:
OSKOSH ATCT / FON DU LAC ATCT MANAGER
Wanda L. Adelman – Milwaukee Mitchell (MKE)
OSH AIR TRAFFIC OPERATIONS MANAGERS
Elaine Buckner – Duluth (DLH)
Tim Fitzgerald – Chicago (ORD)
Boyd Martin – Orlando (F11)
FLD AIR TRAFFIC OPERATIONS MANAGER
Mike Snaer – Ft Wayne (FWA)
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT
Aimee Miller – Bismarck (BIS)
QUALITY ASSURANCE / PROCEDURES
John Reagan – San Antonio (SAT)
James Barbee – New Orleans (NEW)
TRAINING
Tim Fitzgerald – Chicago (ORD)
Mike Snaer – Ft Wayne (FWA)
Ray Thyfault – Kalamazoo (AZO)
FRONT LINE MANAGERS
Mary Blake – Minneapolis (FCM)
James Hovick – St Louis (STL)
Mike Howard – St Paul (STP)
Mark Irvin – St Louis (STL)
Rick Polete – Evansville (EVV)
Dan Ricks – Detroit (DTW)
Grant Shinn – Houston (IAH)
Scott Stark – Roswell (ROW)
Kevin Sturgill – Ft Smith (FSM)
Ray Thyfault – Kalamazoo (AZO)
John Trowbridge – Wichita (ICT)
Mike Yuska – Tampa (TPA)
OSHKOSH AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SUPPORT CONTROLLERS
Chuck Adams – Grand Forks (GFK)
Luke Ball – Houston (IAH)
Tim Baumer – Grand Forks (GFK)
Jeff Bishop – Kalamazoo (AZO)
Tim Bogle – Pontiac (PTK)
Craig Burzych – Chicago (ORD)
Bill Buvens – New Orleans (MSY)
Chris Chambliss – Houston (HOU)
Randy Clark – Kansas City (MCI)
Nancy D’Angelo – Evansville (EVV)
Eric Dawson – Terre Haute (HUF)
Mike Dreger – Chicago (MDW)
Jerry Drew – Pontiac (PTK)
Pete Dwyer – Indianapolis (IND)
Greg Emberland – Minneapolis (MSP)
Scott Fitch – Sioux Falls (FSD)
Jim Fuhrman – Ft Smith (FSM)
Bill Gibbs – Minneapolis (FCM)
Mark Gordon – Akron-Canton (CAK)
Walter Hammerle – Cleveland (CLE)
Chad Haupert – Waco (ACT)
Bob Hissom – Pontiac (PTK)
Eric Hitchcock – Houston (DWH)
Chris Hoag – Minneapolis (MSP)
Jerry Hough – Grand Rapids (GRR)
Asia Hunter – Ann Arbor (ARB)
Dahlette Jacob – Houston (IAH)
Karl Jensen – Champaign (CMI)
Dean Kirchoff – Chicago (ORD)
Kevin Klein – Lansing (LAN)
Scott Kordes – Amarillo (AMA)
Glenn Krafcik – Cleveland (CLE)
Brian LaFleur – New Orleans (MSY)
Matt Lindbo – Fargo (FAR)
Louis Lippitt – Ft Wayne (FWA)
Ken Locke – Wichita (ICT)
Don Medernach – New Orleans (MSY)
Dale Mleynek – Wichita (ICT)
Jay Moffat – Chicago (ORD)
John Moore – Minneapolis (MSP)
Mike Moynihan – Muskegon (MKG)
Ray Mulvihill – Tulsa (RVS)
Tim Oberdoerster – Cleveland (CLE)
Jeff Peace – Dallas (DFW)
Laura Porro – Palwaukee (PWK)
Charles Posey – Little Rock (LIT)
Mike Prokop – Minneapolis (FCM)
Charlotte Rhodes – Abilene (ABI)
Sue Ringham – Fargo (FAR)
Tina Rowe – Houston (IAH)
Ed Ruhbeck – St Louis (STL)
Chris Schletty – Minneapolis (MIC)
Russ Schneider – Indianapolis (IND)
Scott Strader – Chicago (MDW)
Jeremy Ternes – Fargo (FAR)
David Thomson – Detroit (DTW)
Trent Tyler – Evansville (EVV)
Carrie Uphus – St Paul (STP)
Jim Vantine – Grand Rapids (GRR)
Dean Walther – Champaign (CMI)
Leonard Weidner – St Louis (SUS)
Dirk Wilhelm – Milwaukee (MKE)
Kelly Winston – E St Louis (CPS)
SUN ‘N FUN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SUPPORT CONTROLLER
Rusty Buchanan – Jacksonville (JAX)
OSHKOSH FEDERAL CONTRACT TOWER SUPPORT CONTROLLERS
Chip Dyni
Dena Dyni
John Penn
Marty Sweeney
Brian VanLankveldt
