Short Final: Top Or Bottom

Editorial Staff

Friday, August 10, 2018 at 12:00 AM ET

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Key Takeaways:

An air traffic controller advised an aircraft about the Goodyear blimp's position near Salinas, CA.
The pilot humorously responded by asking if the blimp's reported position was relative to its top or bottom.

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I was flying near Salinas, California, when the Goodyear blimp was passing over the airport. Tower advised an inbound aircraft of the blimp in the area.

Tower: “Beech 1234 be advised there’s a blimp at your two o’clock, three thousand feet.”

Beech 1234: “Is that from the top or from the bottom?

Doug Anderson

Salinas, CA