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Tower: Hawk 20, is this the sam...he same pilot. Pilot: Tower, there’s a runway light burning. Tower: I m sure there must be...are a fuel truck. Pilot:: Tower, give me a rough time check...ink, I have lost my compass. Tower: Judging the way you are...- A huge C-5 cargo plane was sitting near where a trike was waiting to ta...because the military plane was closer than normal, and asked the tower to find out the intentions of the C-5. Before the tower could reply, a voice came ove...
- Trike Pilot: Tower, Experimental Trike 16Alpha, request priority landing due to my engine running rough. Tower: Trike 16 Alpha you will be number two, behind a B-52 that has one engine shut down. Trike Pilot: “Ah, the dreaded seven-engine approach.”
- Tower: “Delta 351, you have traffic at 10 o’clock, 6 miles!”Delta 351: “Give us another hint! We have digital watches!”
- You remember TWA (Trans World Airlines) don't you? Well I do, as one day at LAX everyone in the tower held their breath at the same...9;s end. Note: We viewed this from the old control tower located in the middle of airp...
- One day the pilot of a Trike was told by the tower to hold short of the active runway while a DC-8 landed. The DC-8 landed, rolled out, turned around, and taxied back past the Trike. Some qu...
- During the early 70's there was a ra...g the mid shift (11pm-7am). LAX tower was notified by LA Center tha...next 20 minutes the population of the tower cab had increased by about 20...and the bond between PSA and the LAX tower controllers was even tighter...
- A pilot friend of mine pointed out an interesting "loophole." The inner...in this swath of airspace, below the Class C inner ring without contacting the tower? The river valley is in...
- Did the administration hold aviation hostage as part of a l...Friday that the sequester-driven closures of hundreds of contract control towers was off, we might be tempted...
- For those of you who missed the "Event" I posted here at all...ths old Ramp Checks may be requested by ATC (i.e. tower, etc): absent an accident, in...current sectional, therefore did not have correct Tower contact frequency, therefore...