ATC
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Say again…?
So, I am starting to blog funny things I hear on the radio while flying. Here is that latest laugh, I will keep the story short… A student and I had just taken off from one of Gillespie’s two runways. Just as we took off from runway 27R, another student (from the competition) crashes on the other runway, 27L. He manages to smash the small Cessna 152 into the ground so hard it bursts into flames. As one can image, it is no longer advisable to land on a runway which is occupied by a flaming Cessna. Tower Control now has their hands full in that there were about 5…
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And it’s all true…I swear by my tattoo!
I heard this on the radio tonight while out flying. I always here stuff like this and will try to bring you the best of the best! Airplane: “Gillespie Tower, Cessna 757 Charlie Mike, uh, how do you read?” Tower (without missing a beat): “Cessna 7 Charlie Mike, Left to right.”