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Old 23rd Jan 2017, 16:12
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JW411
 
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Sort of reminds me of one foggy day at Benson about 50 years ago. We are inbound from Norway and Benson is on the non-ILS runway (02) so we are doing a PAR.

The young lady doing the talkdown had a great reputation for doing a great job. It was rumoured that my very sharp copilot and her had taken a shine to one another. So, here we are, I have him flying the letdown and I am monitoring and looking for a runway.

Coming up to 4 miles she said "You are on the glide, on the centreline and approaching 4 miles, final check of greens and flies (she meant flaps)". We both instinctively looked down!

We came out of the murk exactly on minimums and I took over and landed. On the roll out she told us to change to Tower. I thanked her for the excellent talkdown and the Freudian slip!
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