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Old 10th Jul 2016, 20:05
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Basil
 
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I know a man who intended to land on the SW runway at Lossiemouth.
He had radar direction who said something like "Now joining downwind right. Call tower on ***.*"
He looked out to the right and saw the runway, called tower and was cleared to finals.
Upon calling finals he was cleared to land.
As he exited the runway he noticed the Nimrods.
He continued along the taxiway, had a good look around, took off, turned right and called downwind again, at Lossie this time and not Kinloss, and landed successfully.
No comment was made by Lossie, Kinloss or the pilot, who never told anyone for a long time until he told me.
Funny old thing, the station badge motto at Lossie is 'Thoir an aire' which can be translated as 'Pay attention' or 'Be careful'.
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