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| Overheard in IFR Magazine‘s “On the Air” |
A pilot tried to fly non-stop from Utica, New York to Columbus, Ohio in a Warrior with 50-knot headwinds. This was from a May 16, 2002 preliminary NTSB report:
N12345:
“I’m, ah, out of fuel.”
Tower:
“Roger, sir. Which airport do you want to try for?”
N12345:
“I set up a glide here. Ah – damn.”
Tower:
“Three Four Five, just tell me which airport you want to go to, sir, and we’ll, ah, start getting everything ready.”
N12345:
“Can you vector me in?”
Tower:
“I can’t, ah, vector – you want a vector for Rickenbacker?”
N12345:
“No – ah, I don’t think I’m going to make either of them.”
Tower:
“Yes, sir. Just state your intentions, and we’ll go from there.”
N12345:
“I should have picked up a little more fuel.”
Anonymous
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