posted 11-08- 08:39 PM               

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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".
> ATC told the fighter jock that he was number two behind a B-52 that had
> one engine shut down.
> "Ah", the pilot remarked, " the dreaded seven-engine approach".
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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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> * * * * * One day, the pilot of a Cherokee 180 was told by the tower to
> hold short of the runway while a DC-8 landed. The DC-8 landed, rolled
> out, turned around, and taxied back past the Cherokee. Some quick-witted
> comedian in the DC-8 crew got on the radio and said, "What a cute little
> plane. Did you make it yourself?"
> Our hero the Cherokee pilot, not about to let the insult go by, came
> back with a real zinger: "I made it out of DC-8 parts. Another landing
> like that and I'll have enough parts for another one."
>
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> * * * * * During the heat of the space race in the 1960s, the U.S.
> National Aeronautics and Space Administration decided it needed a ball
> point pen to write with in the zero gravity confines of its space
> capsules. After considerable research and development, the Astronaut
> Pen was developed at a cost of about US $1 million. The pen worked and
> also enjoyed some modest success as a novelty item back here on earth.
> The Soviet Union, faced with the same problem, used a pencil.
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> * * * * * Tower: "Delta 351, you have traffic at 10 o'clock, 6 miles!"
> Delta 351: "Give us another hint! We have digital watches!"
> * * * * *
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posted 11-09- 03:29 PM               

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Heard over Chicago Tracon:

Aircraft: What number are we in line for landing?
Tracon: Unidentified transmission, if I figure out who you are, you're last.

Tracon: Delta 576 we're still pretty backed up. I'll try to have you on the ground in 45 minutes.
Delta 576: Well, we'll be on the ground in 25 minutes. The only question is, where?

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