Yesterday in Austin TX
Yesterday in Austin TX
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A FedEx aircraft attempting to land while another commercial aircraft is taking off?
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Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
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Yep. The ATC cleared the FEDEX tp land and the SWA to take off. Lucky people. I don’t know how the SWA pilots did not see the FedEx plane and abort the takeoff. May have been weather.
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That is what now? Three near collisions in the US in as many weeks?
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Ya and I'm flying to Philly on Tuesday. I was wishing the Eagles would loose after I realized I'd be flying back PHL->PHX on Thu before superbowl weekend
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Yeah… we’re planning on staying hunkered down up here on the hill for the weekend and avoiding all the madness in the valley… don’t forget the golf tournament on the east side that’s gonna pull in just as many fans as the Super Bowl… I need to restock my liquor cabinet for this next weekend.
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I had several such experiences during my flying career. The worst was going into Albuquerque one day. I was cleared to land behind a 737, but he missed the normal high speed exit and couldn't clear the runway. I was flying a Citation 501, and the controller told me to go around and cautioned me that I was being followed by two F-18's. The thing about that is the military is on a UHF frequency while civil traffic is on VHF so you can hear the tower, which broadcasts on both, but not the military traffic. I elected to make a minimum speed 120 degree right turn to land on a cross runway as I had no idea how close the F-18's were and as they were behind me seeing them was no option and I was afraid they might overrun me if they went around, which they might likely do. All the while I had a passenger in the back who was yakking at me and a low time copilot in the other seat. Just another day at the office.
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Gotta love it! My two close calls were both mid-air. One, I was going from Louisville to somewhere southeast. About 30 miles out from LOU, a twin, looked like an Aerostar, crossed in front of me Right to left, climbing. I assume they may have come from one of a couple grass strips in the area. Those are/were sometimes used by druggies. I was using flight following. Told ATC about it. They never saw it.
The other was landing at Alpena MI for a CAP completion. I was on mile or two final, cleared to land and a Cherokee shot by overhead an landed in front of me. Funny thing...we knew the a-hole flying. He was a pilot with the Indiana CAP. Turd of a guy.
The other was landing at Alpena MI for a CAP completion. I was on mile or two final, cleared to land and a Cherokee shot by overhead an landed in front of me. Funny thing...we knew the a-hole flying. He was a pilot with the Indiana CAP. Turd of a guy.
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Go Philly....
“Who controls the skies, controls the fate of this Earth”
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn