Computing in Air Traffic Management: Past, Present and Future

The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC) is home to the world's largest collection of working historic computers.Follow the development of computing: from the Turing-Welchman Bombe and Colossus of the 1940s through the large systems and mainframes of the 1950s, 60s and 70s, to the rise of personal computing and the rise of mobile computing and the internet.Recognised as one of England’s top 100 ‘irreplaceable places’, we welcome corporate and group visits, schools and individuals from all over the world.We are normally open Tuesday to Friday 10:30 -17:00, Saturday & Sunday 10:30 – 17:00. Please check tickets for actual opening days and times.TNMOC operates independently of Bletchley Park Trust, although we are located on the Bletchley Park Estate.To visit us, go through the main Bletchley Park entrance, through the barrier, walk or drive bearing left beyond the main car parks, to our separate entrance located at the top of the Park.Visit their website here for more information.https://www.tnmoc.org/Sat Nav users: please use the postcode for the railway station MK3 6DS on Sherwood Drive and then follow signs. The postcode for Bletchley Park will actually take you to an old entrance which is closed.

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A Virtual Talk by Ben TrethowanThe National Museum of Computing acquired the last working air traffic control system from West Drayon in 2007. Ben will describe the long process of understanding the system before it was moved to the museum and its subsequent restoration and display. Ben will also describe the current technologies and future direction for computing in air traffic control, as well as the work that NATS has done with the museum to exhibit an up-to-date controller workstation and a multi-screen simulator showing the control tower view at a variety of UK airports.Speaker information: Ben became a volunteer at The National Museum of Computing in 2005. He was responsible for the acquisition of the last PDP11-based air traffic control system from West Drayton near London. Ben subsequently worked for Lockheed Martin and was “seconded” to projects with NATS, formerly “National Air Traffic Services”. Ben completed his Masters in Information Security in 2016, is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional and Certified Ethical Hacker and now works as Information Security Manager for Square Enix.

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