The original radio.
Original source recordings, readable caption cards and relevant frequency changes. A case enters the film library only when original radio is available.
Aviation, in context
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Understand the flight.
Hear the decisions. See the route. Explore the evidence behind extraordinary aviation events, in an archive built for iPhone.
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US AIRWAYS 1549 · NEW YORK · 2009Actual reconstruction frame · Review export
The flight, in view.
Map reconstructions connect the calls to the flight. Recorded positions, schematic sections and missing data are distinguished.
The evidence behind it.
Aircraft, people, weather and investigation context, with links back to official reports and source material.
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The bigger picture.
Watch in landscape. Jump to documented events. Read the transcript and explore the case dossier at your own pace.
DCA · 2025
ORIGINAL RADIOTwo aircraft, source-based tracks and a carefully bounded account of the collision and recorded response.
JFK · 2023
ORIGINAL RADIOAmerican 106 and Delta 1943: original Ground and Tower radio, measured tracks and a documented rejected takeoff.
Actual native development screenshots. The collection includes review exports and research cases; not every case has a video.
Evidence before spectacle
Know what you're
looking at.
An investigation has gaps, conflicting accounts and limits. The archive keeps those distinctions visible, so a compelling reconstruction never becomes an invented certainty.
- 01Source time stays in view
Documented event markers and captions follow the episode timeline. Timing uncertainty is identified.
- 02Context is clearly labeled
Report summaries are separate from radio subtitles. Current map imagery is reference geography, not a photograph of the incident day.
- 03Save it. Come back to it.
Included videos and transcripts work offline. Saved cases and playback positions stay on your device; source links open online.
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An archive in the making.
ATC Archive is in development. Public download availability has not been announced. This version covers recorded incidents; live tracking and emergency push alerts are not connected.