Mobile Control Towers, often known as 'pie carts', are used to provide aerodrome control services at normally uncontrolled aerodromes for airshows and other special events. The Vic/Tas Region mobile tower is seen here at Melbourne/Moorabbin in 1977, filling in while the old Tower was being replaced with the current Control Tower. Click here to see a photo showing both Towers together.

Although the days when 'the Department' would regularly establish a Control Tower service at country aerodromes for fly-ins and airshows are long over, the Mobile Towers still get regular use. More recently this particular Mobile Control Tower has been used at the Australian International Airshow at Avalon, Vic, and the Australian Formula One Grand Prix at Albert Park, Melbourne.