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A realistic air traffic control simulator with an unlimited numberof flights

In this simulation game, you are an air traffic controller at theapproach radar of a busy airport. The goal is to guide the planessafely to the ILS (Instrument Landing System) of the runways to geta high score. If you make no errors, the number of planes you haveto control gets larger and larger. How many flights at a time canyou handle? A warning for users who are unfamiliar with aviation:due to high realism, this game may bore or frustrate you, so pleaseread the instructions below first. In-game there's only a littlebit of help, and the game is in English only. The game shows you aradar screen with planes and runways. Planes are generatedrandomly. To keep it fun and playable, this ATC sim is a bitsimplified compared to real life, but it's all on scale and theplanes behave realistically. Instructions Select a plane, give it adescend instruction (to about 2000 feet), guide it to the thin blueline at a large distance from the runway, and clear it for approachby enabling ILS mode, which means it will follow the line to therunway (given that the plane captures the line at a shallow angle).It's also handy to check out the screenshots and the video. Thenjust try it! More detailed instructions: • sequence the traffic tothe ILS path in front of a landing runway. The runway is depictedas a blue line with a number; the ILS path is the thin blue lineextending from the runway. In order to capture this ILS beam, aplane must comply to three conditions: (1) the ILS mode of theplane is activated, (2) the plane is descended low enough tointercept the glideslope from below; the blue circles mark thealtitudes of 2000, 3000 and 4000 feet, (3) the plane must interceptthe ILS at a heading of 50 degrees or less with respect to therunway (aim for about 30 degrees). If captured correctly, it willfollow the line and land automatically on the runway. Note that ittakes some time for a plane to descend to the selected altitude.When a plane is fully established, it will be handed over the thetower and then you score skill points. For parallel approaches,maintain 1000 feet vertical separation until both planes arelocalizer established. • Departing aircraft determine their headingand speed themselves; they only require an instruction (when it'ssafe) to climb to a higher altitude: flight level 130. • You canalso lose skill points when planes: (1) fly too close to eachother(generally: overlapping circles and altitude difference <1000feet), (2) leave the airspace (outer grey circle), also if they aredepartures but leave the airspace at or below FL90, (3) missedapproaches/go arounds. • The amount of planes that you have tocontrol is about the same as the amount of skill points you have:the higher the skill value, the more planes you have to deal with.You can also achieve 'goals' by landing a certain amount of planesin the correct way. • Some planes have an additional 'RD' tag; onlythese planes need to land on the secondary 'RD' airport. In themenu there are options like a speed multiplier, and custom trafficfor a more relaxed gameplay. Set sound mode to 2 or 3 for pilotspeech via android TTS (uses US and UK language). For more detailedinstructions go tohttps://startgrid.blogspot.com/2013/11/endless-atc-instructions.htmlFeatures • endless amount of planes, multiple runways, • give radarvectors like a real air traffic controller, • amount of trafficadapts to your skill level, • pause and high simulation speedmodes, • automatically saving game; resume where you left off, •pilot voices, • no internet connection required, • no ads, • it'sfree. The game plays best on big screens. If you have feedback,please send me an email.