Short Final: Be Careful What You Wish For
Overheard just after landing at Austin, Texas: Cessna 0DS: “Austin Tower, Cessna Five Seven Zero Delta Sierra, ready for departure.” No response for a short time. Tower: “Was that American…

Overheard just after landing at Austin, Texas:
Cessna 0DS: “Austin Tower, Cessna Five Seven Zero Delta Sierra, ready for departure.”
No response for a short time.
Tower: “Was that American Twelve Sixty‑one calling?”
Cessna 0DS: “I wish. No, it was Cessna Five Seven Zero Delta Sierra.”
Unidentified: “Be careful what you wish for.”
Scott McCartney
Dallas, TX

Editorial StaffAVweb
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