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Darcy Frey

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Going Down the Pipes

Life as an air-traffic controller in the ’90s.

Darcy Frey Topic, New York Times Magazine Mar 1996 40min Permalink

Something’s Got to Give

In a windowless room just outside of New York City, overworked air traffic controllers manage the world’s most-trafficked piece of sky—until all those blips on the screen become too much.

Darcy Frey New York Times Magazine Mar 1996 35min Permalink