Last week, my wife and I heard this radio exchange while flying across Texas:
San Angelo Approach:
“Cardinal XXX, you got time for a quick question?”
Cardinal XXX:
“Sure.”
SJT Approach (in a deep Texas drawl):
“Is there somethin’ special about your flight today? Special cargo or something?”
Cardinal XXX:
“Nope.”
San Angelo Approach:
“They just have you on a beacon code that’s usually reserved for unusual stuff.”
Cardinal XXX:
“Well, that’s the only code my transponder’ll squawk, so they let me have it.”
Anonymous Aircraft:
“Nice.”
Cardinal XXX:
“Well, I tried hittin’ it with a hammer but -“
SJT:
[Amused laughter while trying to think of something else to say.]
We laughed all the way to San Antonio.
Michael Crook
