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Key Takeaways:

  • During a busy day at Schenectady County Airport, an air traffic controller instructed a pilot to perform a "360 for spacing."
  • The WWII-era pilot, flying a Stinson L5, humorously responded by asking whether the 360 turn should be "vertical or horizontal."
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40+ years ago, on a busy busy day in the Schenectady County Airport traffic pattern. An older WWII-era pilot owned a Stinson L5 that he used for a little instructing and light aerobatics. In the pattern on downwind, this exchange occurred.

Tower:
“Stinson N1234, do a 360 for spacing.”

N1234:
“Vertical or horizontal?”


Mark Wielt

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