Short Final

Editorial Staff

Monday, August 17, 2015 at 12:00 AM ET

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Key Takeaways:

A NASA T-38 pilot, identified as an astronaut, experienced difficulty navigating on the ground while taxiing.
He mistakenly turned into a private hangar's parking area instead of proceeding to the FBO.
After being rerouted by ground control, the pilot humorously commented on the challenge of finding one's way "down here on Earth."

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A NASA T-38 flown by an astronaut was taxiing to the FBO when he turned into a private hangar’s parking area. Ground control rerouted him to the FBO, and the pilot thanked him and said:

“It is so hard to find your way down here on Earth.”

Gib Satterwhite