Had the pleasure of giving 'traffic information' on Venus several times.
At the airport where I worked, we were fairly 'customer-focussed', (long before the phrase became common management parlance), and would play "both ends against the middle" whenever safety and the traffic situation/met allowed.
Remember one evening Venus was lined up precisely with the reciprocal of the declared R/W in use. Chap in a Hurn-built twin-jet, (adorned with a tri-angular, fast-moving, bird-like logo), who had just established after a long base-leg from BPK, says "and what's the range of the traffic on 06?'.
"About 62,000,000 miles", was the reply.
"Ah, Roger" was the acknowledgement.
Venus has been visible through our kitchen window recently, which looks towards Mt. Belzoni International. And it does look like a departing aircraft.
Safe flying.....
