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Basic Version

VV Approach™ Home Learning Edition Basic is the entry level course designed for persons seeking only a general indication of their aptitude for Air Traffic Control, or who wish only to experience the ATC working environment. The VV Approach™ Home Learning Edition Basic course will teach users a wide variety of Radar Control skills, the mastery of which will be a fair indication of aptitude for Air Traffic Control.

Upon successful completion of the Basic course students will be capable of:

  • Departing numbers of jet and propjet aircraft from a runway
  • Vectoring them around circuit patterns of various widths
  • Containing their flight within controlled airspace
  • Correctly vectoring them to intercept an Instrument Landing System
  • Vectoring them from any position in the Terminal Area to join a standard circuit for landing via a visual or ILS Approach.
  • Sequencing them back onto the runway with very accurate landing spacing
  • Ensuring all aircraft are correctly separated, including the application of Wake Vortex separation
  • Operating a typical modern Air Traffic Control workstation
  • Using correct Radio Telephony to control aircraft

    • VV Approach™ Home Learning Edition Basic consists of Lessons 1 to 10 of the full course, plus 6 demonstrations, totalling some 8 hours of instruction material. There are 9 simulator exercises, giving limitless practice scenarios and time for skill development. Licensed Users of VV Approach Home Learning Edition Basic will receive a suitable discount on later purchase of the full course should they wish to move on to the development of high-level ATC skills.

    Full Version

    Students wishing to learn the higher-level skills required to perform Radar Approach duties at a busy airport will need to purchase the VV Approach™ HLE Full Version. This will teach the sequencing of busy jet and prop-jet traffic inbound to a Terminal Area in all configurations using radar vectoring and speed control techniques. It will add the remaining 12 hours of instruction and 91 simulator exercises to the Basic course and prepare the student for full-scale training in a busy Terminal Area.