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Old 18th Mar 2021, 07:33
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Johnny F@rt Pants
 
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When I was working at Sumburgh back in 1972, I returned from lunch to find a piece of paper on the controllers desk with '160/18' written on it.
I was told that it was the wind direction/speed which I had to pass to the pilot of the BEA Viscount which was due to depart shortly.
No I don't remember what the wind actually was but it wasn't 160/18!!
I vividly remember my first landing in Sumburg, it was dark so we couldn’t use runway 15, 09 it was then, with a lovely wind of 160/33 gusting more than double that!! It were a bit rough!!
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