Did you ever hear about the fly-in to Willy in late '86 to welcome the Hornet into Australian service? Did you ever hear how that there was so much light aircraft traffic trying to get into Willy that the tower controller on the day didn't use callsigns, providing landing clearances to aircraft based on their type and colour, used non-standard runway separation standards and non approved patter/RT Phraseology, all in an attempt to "get the job done"? Did you Dick? Ask around about it.
The Senior ATC Officer at Williamtown was in the tower that morning, and instead of relieving the controller of his ratings, allowed the situation to happen, as it was the only way the amount of traffic around was going to be processed. In fact, he nominated that controller for a commendation from the very military leadership who should have been aghast!!!
Well done
...........and that is how it is done at Oshkosh each year.....mind you they are well practised at it of course. But you can be sure that is not what happens down the road at Maddison or Chicargo
Last edited by Jabawocky; 25th Jan 2011 at 05:52.
Reason: typo...well at least one I spotted anyway!