On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 10:22:58 -0500, Peter R. wrote:

Jeff ) wrote:

then said, "what kind of ground speed are you showing on that tomahawk"
tower said 100 kts, the airliner goes, 100 kts over the ground! Oh
boyyyyyy..

That reminds me of an incident during my instrument training. We were
flying an ILS into my home airport in a C172. There was a moderate head
wind, so my ground speed was only about 65 kts or so.

A 737 had arrived at the runway and called ready. We were still about five
miles out so I was expecting the controller to clear the 737 for takeoff.
Instead, the controller instructed the 737 to hold short for approaching
traffic.

Man! I was cleared for departure at LAN a few years back with a
request to expedite as there was a DC-9 on a 5 mile final.

A friend had taken his Cherokee down for maintenance and I was giving
him a ride home. I don't think he ever quite looking back until we
made our turn out of the pattern.

We had climbed to 1000, made a right turn and were close to a mile
north before the DC-9 crossed the numbers.

Roger Halstead (K8RI EN73 & ARRL Life Member)
www.rogerhalstead.com
N833R World's oldest Debonair? (S# CD-2)

About 30 seconds slip by when the 737 pilot calls out, "What kind of
aircraft is approaching, a helicopter?"