When I was a kid dreaming about flying, I assumed it was complete freedom. I read all the books Antoine de Saint-Exupéry wrote. I watched every movie with a plane or helicopter in it. Then, and I remember this very…
Tag: ATC
Something feels off
Did you ever have the tower say “give me a landline when you land”? It’s a sinking feeling. One time in Burbank (Class C Airspace) we were doing traffic patterns with “full down” autorotations (it’s an autorotation you take all…
Unidentified aircraft
What we are learning from this strip is that you should always have a backup registration number handy for when you get yourself in trouble with ATC. But be smarter than Chuck and Jason here and use a less high…
Chicken Wings Classic – Squawk 0173
Here’s another old strip that takes us back to the year 2005. Or 2004? I don’t know exactly. My memory becomes very hazy for everything that happened before breakfast, and I’m not sure if I can trust the dates the…
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