Courtesy of our sister magazine, IFR:
Returning home from the West Coast a few years ago, we landed in Flint Mich. The Midwest had weeks of rain and overcast skies that summer and I got this on departure…
“Bonanza Five Four Seven Zero Victor, when vou get on top would you look out to the southeast and tell me if you see a big bright light?”
— Don Sanderson, Bear Creek, Pennsylvania
Short Final…
Key Takeaways:
- A pilot recounts an unusual air traffic control request upon departing Flint, Michigan, during a summer marked by weeks of rain and overcast skies in the Midwest.
- The controller asked the pilot to look for a "big bright light" to the southeast once the aircraft was above the cloud cover.
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