2 Funny things that happened today
1st was the Radar Controller vectoring in a military aircraft that had gone out on a test flight.
The callsign was ***08 which is usually used by the Hawk test pilots but today was a C130.
So vectoring the Herc to downwind the ATC without checking what aircraft type it is asks "For our planning will you be deploying your drag chute on landing" still thinking its a hawk.
This is met by great laughter by those around him as we point out it is a C130. Lucky for him the comment was as expected not understood by the Herc crew and there answer was just say again to which he replied disregard rather sheepishly.
2nd saw this FPL when We went to go enter the above sin into the lines Book.
Airforce Herc as well:
(FPL-****-IM
-C130/M-GUD!!!! /S
-FAWK1200
-N0300F210 MEV DCT LTV/N0300F170 DCT HSV/N0300F200 DCT MEV DCT
-FAWK0300 FALM
-OPR*** RMK/ILS APP FALM FAHS)
Great to see we keep the best equipment onboard.
Last edited by Little One; 19th September 2005 at 08:15.