Originally Posted by
Alexander Scutt
He is dumping fuel and has been circling our area for the last 45 or so.
In fact he was conducting a "fuel jettison," just as described in the manual.
A "dump" is something the less couth conduct the morning after a steak and a few pints.
By the way, he wasn't on "finals", he was on final. Do you also fly "bases" or "downwinds"? There's only one final approach per runway.
There you go, now you know the proper terminology.