ATC subtle hints

A pre-purchase inspection should be as thorough as an
annual, all the holes and spaces should be examined for
corrosion, damage and left-over forgotten drugs. This
applies to airplanes and cars equally.


"B A R R Y" wrote in
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| On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 19:32:20 -0500, "Jim Macklin"
| wrote:
|
| Sometimes drug smugglers sell their airplanes [if they
| didn't just steal one for the trip]. If the DEA gets a
| chance they will hardwire their own transponder in the
| airplane so it is always on so they can track them. The
new
| owner finds out that their regular panel mounted
transponder
| isn't working and then they find the DEA's mounted
somewhere
| in the belly.
|
|
| Fortunately, ours was simply defective.

In a previous article, said:
I hear one the other day that I don't know the translation. I was practicing
maneuvers with flight following. When approach control ask "N#, how long do you
plan on being in that area?" I told her I was heading back to the airport. She
said OK and gave me a frequency change (approach control).

That happened to me a few times because I'd wandered over the line
separating the two approach frequencies at that airport. If I was
planning to stay there a while, they would switch me to the other
frequency, but if I was planning to head back the way I'd come, they'd
leave me on the frequency I was on.


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cigarette and some middling to average marksmen... -- Dan Holdsworth

Subtle landing criticisms are my favorites:

"Cessna '78Lima, if able, turn right on taxiway Hotel..."

-said to student pilot me after my third bounce. Taxiway Hotel was 7,000
ft. away.



"Citation 3CharlieCharlie, for future reference, one-four has 9,000 ft.
available,"

-to a Citation crew that stopped 10 ft. short of the end of 18.

--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

Martin Hotze wrote:
On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 00:53:49 GMT, randall g wrote:

?? How would the DEA get a chance to do that? Do they get a warrant to
break into a suspect aircraft and install additional avionics?


it is the GOVERNMENT. Homeland Security and such. Get used to it!
It is to protect you against terrorism. And if you don't have to hide
anything you will not object, will you?

#m
I can't tell if you are being sarcastic or not....

Jim Macklin wrote:
A pre-purchase inspection should be as thorough as an
annual, all the holes and spaces should be examined for
corrosion, damage and left-over forgotten drugs. This
applies to airplanes and cars equally.

Does this mean I need to brave the rain and go inspect my new car for
left over drugs? Problem is, as a law abiding citizen, I wouldn't know
where to start looking. I put stuff I carry around in my car in the trunk.

Sometimes more than a hint. Had ground at an unfamiliar airport tell
me, "If you don't know where you are, stay there." Had some people in
the plane that never let me forget it.....
--
Gene Seibel
Tales of Flight - http://pad39a.com/gene/tales.html
Because I fly, I envy no one.



kontiki wrote:
I really get a kick out of how subtle ATC can be sometimes in giving those
little "hints" to some pilots. I've heard lots of interesting ones over time
that have given me a chuckle while flying along. It got me to thinking about
what some of the more funny ones you guys have heard over the years.

On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 11:30:51 -0500, Emily wrote:

it is the GOVERNMENT. Homeland Security and such. Get used to it!
It is to protect you against terrorism. And if you don't have to hide
anything you will not object, will you?

#m
I can't tell if you are being sarcastic or not....

I'm never sarcastic. *BEG*


#m, land of the free (and the brave).
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"Emily" wrote in message
...

Does this mean I need to brave the rain and go inspect my new car for left
over drugs? Problem is, as a law abiding citizen, I wouldn't know where
to start looking. I put stuff I carry around in my car in the trunk.

The AF routinely does random searches of vehicles on all AF Bases. They
would periodically remind people buying used vehicles to take them to
Security Police and have them let the drug dog search it. If the dog found
anything, it was no harm, no foul. It could save you a lot of trouble
trying to explain it away if you got caught on a random search 4 or 5 months
later.

Gerry

I heard one at Newark the other week. An airliner had got its taxi
clearance, and appeared confused where to go. "Do you want us on
foxtrot or golf?"* asked the pilot. "Golf", replied the hurried
controller, "It's right in front of you." "But isn't that foxtrot?"
came back the pilot. The controller was having none of it: "Look, how
hard can this be? There's about twenty planes in line for the runway.
Just follow everyone else and you'll get there."

* Can't remember the exact taxiways.

"Dan Luke" wrote in
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Subtle landing criticisms are my favorites:

"Cessna '78Lima, if able, turn right on taxiway Hotel..."

-said to student pilot me after my third bounce. Taxiway Hotel was
7,000 ft. away.



"Citation 3CharlieCharlie, for future reference, one-four has 9,000
ft. available,"

-to a Citation crew that stopped 10 ft. short of the end of 18.


Tower to an MD 11 that ballooned and landed long at SJC: Turn right
at Mike if able. Otherwise turn right on De La Cruz, 101 South, exit
Guadaloupe.

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Silicon Rallye Inc.

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