une as recorded by our radars and air traffic management systems. An early prototype version of this system, was the one which I utilised many moons ago during my discussions with American Express, about the possibility of utilising such a system as an adjunct to their Departure/Arrival Systems at Heathrow and Gatwick airports. During one of my meetings with them in Brighton, I was given access to their hyper-security centre where, as part and parcel of showing me the extent of their systems processes • they asked if I would like a demonstration of the very basic process which took place during authorisation of an AMEX CARD purchase • which they then proceeded to demonstrate to me in real-time so to speak. Surprise, surprise however, that several screens of columns of AMEX CARD holders named Michael Grove appeared, which certainly provided a very thought provoking yet humbling experience.
The camera has been fixed in one position and activity is shown at 800 times faster than real time. The time runs from midnight to midnight and shows the arrival of early morning traffic coming across the Atlantic in the early hours, the build up through the day and then the calming of flows into the night before the pattern repeats.NATS provides air traffic control services in UK Airspace 24x7x365.
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