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 2010 - along with their home
facilities:
OSHKOSH ATCT / FON DU LAC ATCT
MANAGER
Wanda L. Adelman - Milwaukee
Mitchell (MKE)
CONVENTION AIR TRAFFIC OPERATIONS
MANAGERS
Elaine Buckner - Duluth (DLH)
Tim Fitzgerald - Chicago O'Hare (ORD)
Michael Snaer - Lansing (LAN)
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT
Administrative Support - Aimee
Miller - Bismarck (BIS)
QUALITY ASSURANCE
John Reagan - San Antonio (SAT)
Ron Hubbard - Traverse City (TVC)
TRAINING
Tim Fitzgerald - Chicago O'Hare (ORD
Donald Kruse - Detroit (DTW)
Michael Snaer - Lansing (LAN)
Raymond Thyfault - Kalamazoo (AZO)
FRONT LINE MANAGERS
Mary Blake - Minneapolis Crystal
(MIC)
James Hovick - St. Louis (STL)
Michael Howard - St. Paul (STP)
Donald Kruse - Detroit (DTW)
Mark Irvin - St. Louis (STL)
Boyd Martin - Orlando (MCO)
Rick Polete - Evansville (EVV)
Robert Reed - Minneapolis (MSP)
Dan Ricks - O'Hare (ORD)
Scott Stark - Roswell (ROW)
Raymond Thyfault - Kalamazoo (AZO)
Mike Yusca - Tampa (TPA)
OSHKOSH AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER
SUPPORT CONTROLLERS
Bishop, Jeff - Kalamazoo (AZO)
Bogle, Tim - Pontiac (PTK)
Burzych, Craig - O'Hare (ORD)
Buvens. William - New Orleans (MSY)
Campau, Bernie - Detroit (DTW)
Chambliss, Chris - Houston (HOU)
Clark, Randy - Kansas City (MCI)
Crowson, Billy - Fort Wayne (FTW)
Dawson, Richard - Terre Haute (HUF)
Devenport, Mike - South Bend (SBN)
Drew, Jerry - Pontiac (PTK)
Emberland, Greg - Minneapolis (MSP)
Enders, Charles - Springfield (SGF)
Fendley, Richard - Houston (IAH)
Frantzen, Joe - Sioux Falls (FSD)
Fuhrman, James - Fort Smith (FSM)
Gibbs, Bill - Minneapolis (MIC)
Hattori, Tom - Milwaukee (MKE)
Haupert, Chad - Waco (ACT)
Hissom, Bob - Pontiac (PTK)
Hitchcock, Eric - Houston (DWH)
Hoag, Chris - Minneapolis (MSP)
Hough, Jerry - Grand Rapids (GRR)
Hunter, Asia - Ann Arbor (ARB)
Jenista, George - Fort Worth (AFW)
Jensen, Karl - Champaign (CMI)
Keech, Craig - Minneapolis (MSP)
King, Greg - Detroit (DTW)
Kirchoff, Dean - O'hare (ORD)
Klein, Kevin - Lansing (LAN)
Krafcik, Glenn - Cleveland (CLE)
LaFave, John - Terre Haute (HUF)
Lingafelter, Russ - St. Louis (STL)
Locke, Ken - Wichita (ICT)
Medernach, Don - New Orleans (MSY)
Menchaca, Joe - Roswell (ROW)
Mleynek, Dale - Wichita (ICT)
Moore, John - Minneapolis (MSP)
Moynihan, Mike - Muskegon (MKG)
Mulvilhill, Ray - Tulsa (RVS)
Nowosatka, Ken - Des Moines (DSM)
Oberdoester, Tim - Cleveland (CLE)
Orr, Jeff - Waco (ACT)
Peace, Jeff - Dallas (DFW)
Picha, Ryan - Kansas City (MIC)
Posey, Charles - Little Rock (LIT)
Rhodes, Charlotte - Abilene (ABI)
Ringham, Sue - Fargo (FAR)
Ritchey, Steve - Saginaw (MBS)
Rowe, Tina - Houston (IAH)
Ruhbeck, Ed - St. Louis (STL)
Schaefer, Ron - Moline (MLI)
Schneider, Russ - Indianapolis (IND)
Shinn, Grant - Houston (IAH)
Sparks, Mike - Little Rock (LIT)
Stokes, Walter - Longview (GGG)
Strader, Scott - Midway (MDW)
Sturgill, Kevin - Oklahoma City (OKC)
Ternes, Jeremy - Fargo (FAR)
Thornton, Kevin - O'Hare (ORD)
Trowbridge, John - Oklahoma City (OKC)
Tyler, Trent - Evansville (EVV)
Vantine, Jim - Grand Rapids (GRR)
Walther, Dean - Columbus (CMH)
Weidner, Leonard - St. Louis (SUS)
Wilhelm, Dirk - Milwaukee (MKE)
Winston, Kelly - St. Louis (CPS)
SUN 'N FUN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL
TOWER SUPPORT CONTROLLER
Robert Collins - Pensacola (PNS)
OSHKOSH FEDERAL CONTRACT TOWER
SUPPORT CONTROLLERS
Ian Billington
Chip Dyni
Dena Dyni
Marty Sweeney
Brian VanLankveldt
