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Old 20th Mar 2017, 19:46
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ACW342
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: 75' from the runway edge and 150' from the threshold
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Runway Controller

OPF,
I think you'll find that the person in the Caravan wasn't a 'bod' but a Corporal Runway Controller, an Assistant Air Traffic Controller in Trade group 9 and who, at times during his shift in the caravan, can stop an aircraft from departing with a fault or certain "pins in" etc, or who can stop an aircraft from landing without the Dunlops dangling, or possibly, amongst others, like the pilot of a CF18 who thanked me for stopping him from landing (by use of my trusty 40mm Verey pistol and a red cartridge) on the Brüggen southern taxiway with its newly painted "Piano Keys" and a load of German contractors, along with their road rollers and the like, who were finishing off its refurb as an alternative runway.

We were very useful people us 'bods' in the RWC.
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