A few years back, we were three miles out from landing at our local towered airport, when we had the following exchange with our local tower:
Tower: “Cirrus 12345, go around. Delta 1234, cleared to land.”
We went around and lined up to land. At what seemed the very last minute, the tower called us again:
Tower: “Cirrus 12345, sorry, go around. Jet Blue 1234, cleared to land.”
On the third try, we were relieved to hear from the tower, “Cirrus 12345, cleared to land.”
Me: “Cirrus 12345, cleared to land. I can’t wait to be a big boy someday.”
Ted Brown
Ossining, NY
Well Ted…let that be a lesson for ya…in the pattern, just like life, all people matter…just some with jet engines matter more… the key is finding what the “jet engine” of the day is.
That’s why I’ve avoided towered fields for 19 years…