Short Final: Rough Landing
Two years ago, my fiancee and I were chaperoning my 94‑year‑old grandparents on a Delta Air Lines flight to a vacation destination....
Short Final: Migratory
On a nice fall afternoon, I was returning to my home airport after a Missouri Pilots Association board meeting. Another member was...
Short Final: Looking For Traffic
Approaching Wilkes‑Barre/Scranton Airport, the traffic advisories from Approach were scant until after a bit, Approach said, “Archer 44939, traffic at your 11...
Short Final: For The Birds
I was a new controller and just assigned to my first duty station, Falcon Field in Mesa, Arizona. I had a pretty...
Short Final: Be Right Back
Every IFR pilot knows the joys and sorrows of routing. Flying home from Massachusetts one afternoon, I heard the following exchange:
Short Final: Hostile Target
I was ferrying my new-to-me warbird home to Texas and bubbling over with new plane pride.
Memphis Center: “Focke-Wulf...
Short Final: Runway Obstructions
In Alaska, runway obstructions can be different. And large. Yes, there are the usual bears and moose. But sometimes it’s really big:...
Short Final: Slow For Spacing
One day on my way to Nashville, I overheard the following:
American 1234: “Good
morning Atlanta Center. American 1234 checking...
Short Final: Wind Shear
On final to Boeing Field 14R on a blustery Pacific Northwest fall day a Gulfstream reported wind shear upon landing.
Short Final: To The Moon
Check out the PIREP in the image above.
Ken Fullett Naperville, IL
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