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Posted: Aug. 06 2003,7:17 am |
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My dad sent these to me, he was stationed at Beale Air Force base flying B-52's when he met this guy who wrote the book.
 Subject: FOR MY PILOT FRIENDS AND THOSE WHO CAN ONLY WISH
In his book," Sled Driver," SR- 71/ Blackbird pilot Brian Shul writes:
I'll always remember a certain radio exchange that occurred one day as Walt
(my backseater) and I were screaming across Southern California 13 miles
high. We were monitoring various radio transmissions from other aircraft as
we entered Los Angeles airspace. Â Though they didn't really control us, they
did monitor our movement across their scope. Â I heard a Cessna ask for a
readout of its groundspeed. "90 knots" Center replied. Â Moments later, a
Twin Beech required the same. "120 knots," Center answered. Â We weren't the
only ones proud of our groundspeed that day as almost instantly an F-18
smugly transmitted, "Ah, Center, Dusty 52 requests groundspeed readout."
There was a slight pause, then the response, "525 knots on the ground,
Dusty." Â Another silent pause. Â As I was thinking to myself how ripe a
situation this was, I heard a familiar click of a radio transmission coming
from my backseater. Â It was at that precise moment I realized Walt and I had
become a real crew, for we were both thinking in unison. "Center, Aspen 20,
you got a groundspeed readout for us?" Â There was a longer than normal
pause.... "Aspen, I show 1,742 knots." Â No further inquiries were heard on
that frequency.
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In another famous SR-71 story, Los Angeles Center reported  receiving a
request for clearance to FL 60 0 Â (60,000ft.)
The incredulous controller, with some disdain in his voice, asked, "How do
you plan to get up to 60,000 feet?
The pilot (obviously a sled driver), responded, " We don't plan to go up to
it, we plan to come down to it..."
He was cleared...
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There's a story about the military pilot calling for a priority landing,
because his single-engine jet fighter was running "a bit peaked."
Air Traffic Control told the fighter jock that he was number two, behind a
B-52 that had one engine shut down.
"Ah," the fighter pilot remarked, " one of those dreaded seven-engine
approaches!"
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A student became lost during a solo cross-country flight.
While attempting to locate the aircraft on radar, ATC asked, "What was your
last known position?"
Student: "When I was number one for takeoff".
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Taxiing down the tarmac, the DC10 abruptly stopped, turned around and
returned to the gate. After an hour-long wait, it finally took off. Â A
concerned passenger asked the flight attendant, "What, Â exactly, was the
problem?" "The pilot was bothered by a noise he heard in the engine...."
explained the flight attendant. "It took us a while to find a new pilot."
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"TWA 2341, for noise abatement, turn right 45 Degrees."
"Center, we are at 35,000 feet. Â How much noise can we make up here?"
"Sir, have you ever heard the noise a 747 makes when it hits a 727?"
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