Do You Wave?
Well, not waving because it was dark but I kid you not I once got into a very slow exchange of morse using torches on the north Atlantic tracks one night a few years back ..... ( well it was 3 AM and we were very bored) ..
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A Pilots farewell
... An elderly relative was telling of the times when intrepid aviators flew
machines of canvass and wire that as an aircraft circled a few
hundred feet above he would wave to the pilot - who waved back -
"And that was his fatal mistake" quipped a listener to much merriment.
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machines of canvass and wire that as an aircraft circled a few
hundred feet above he would wave to the pilot - who waved back -
"And that was his fatal mistake" quipped a listener to much merriment.
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Gatwick Air Bridge - Pilots often wave !
When using the Gatwick Airport Air Bridge on several occasions we have seen pilots wave back to PAX (usually children) who have stopped to watch aircraft which are taxiing and about to pass underneath the bridge.
http://simflight.com/wp-content/uplo.../Airbridge.jpg
Our grandson is a keen aircraft spotter and loves to go over the giant bridge.
We are not so keen due to the distance to walk to the North Terminal, especially last time when the escalators were out of action !
http://simflight.com/wp-content/uplo.../Airbridge.jpg
Our grandson is a keen aircraft spotter and loves to go over the giant bridge.
We are not so keen due to the distance to walk to the North Terminal, especially last time when the escalators were out of action !
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The OP's question is similar to one I've been meaning to ask for ages: do you also sometimes recognise your colleagues' voices over ATC channels?
I suppose it would apply particularly to Ground/Tower channels when you've spoken to/seen each other in the crew room but then gone out to different aircraft to operate different flights? Or are the messages transmitted just too short to tell?
I suppose it would apply particularly to Ground/Tower channels when you've spoken to/seen each other in the crew room but then gone out to different aircraft to operate different flights? Or are the messages transmitted just too short to tell?
Yes, Nicholas 49, if I recognise a colleague's voice and the frequency is not busy I will say hello. My old airline had several flights a week to two different cities in Africa and as the flights were in roughly the same airspace for a period of about 30 minutes we would often have a quick exchange of greetings.
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Full praise to the BA pilot at DME who waved back at Miss ES when, as a shy toddler a few years ago, she decided while we were waiting in the departure lounge to wave at the pilots. In the unlikely event he is reading, I thank him as the waving back made her day.
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Err no, why the shock horror? .....SLOP ring any bells? ( FWIW he was on the track, we were offset 1 R and at our cleared and filed level 1000 below - and you can see a torch from quite a distance at night..)
Christ, I hope you reported the GNE!
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Ah, Got it ( I was just imagining the Daily Mail headline "pilot in the dark with torch, Air Traffic plunged into chaos"
"Pilot dazzled by laser lout at 30,000ft!"
