Short Final

As a 16-year-old student pilot I was on a short night flight from Hershey to Capital City airport (KCXY) in Harrisburg, PA. I was told on initial contact to “report a three mile final for runway 26” … Me: “Piper XXXX is three-mile final runway 26” … Tower: “Negative Piper XXXX. You’re 4.5 miles out. We got the Big Eye on you!” They were sure proud of their new radar.

As a 16-year-old student pilot I was on a short night flight from Hershey to Capital City airport (KCXY) in Harrisburg, PA. I was told on initial contact to "report a three miles final for runway 26."

Me: "Piper xxx is three-mile final runway 26"

Tower: "Negative Piper xxx...you're 4.5 miles out. We've got the Big Eye on you!"

They were sure proud of their new radar.


Bart A. Frantz