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Old 01-31-2002, 06:46 PM   #9
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Well heres a rough version of what I can remember when I went up with the chief instructor before my first solo flight out of Ardmore.

I cant remember the exact call signs, but.

Incomeing aricraft, was a light plane joining the circut.
Tower, is the tower, duh.
Moppie, is me. duh.

Tower: Incomeing aircraft please change your course and altidute you are joing from the wring end of the circut.
Tower: Incoming aircraft I say again change your course and altidute you are joing from the wring end of the circut.
Tower: Incoming aircraft acknowldge.
Tower: Incoming aircraft acknowldge. change your course and altidute you are joing from the wring end of the circut. NOW!
Tower: I say again Incoming aircraft acknowldge. change your course and altidute you are joing from the wring end of the circut. NOW!
Tower: (hurridly shouted)MOPPIE TURN RIGHT NOW! AND DESECEND ONTO EARLY BASE LEG!!!!!!!!!! INCOMING AIRCRAFT TURN RIGHT NOW AND CLIMB!

Some dork was joining the Circut from the wrong end and headed directly for us, we couldn't see him as was coming striaght out of the horizon, and a was a little high to the left. We were even joking about who the tower was calling, completly unaware that he was heading striaght for us. As soon as we were told to turn I grabbed the controls and did so, the other plane never did, and we missed by only a 100 meters or so.
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