Short Final

Gemini Sparkle

Key Takeaways:

  • During an air traffic control holding pattern at STL, an aircraft was granted a direct clearance, ending its hold.
  • The grateful pilot responded, "Roger, cleared direct; you read my mind."
  • An anonymous voice humorously and sarcastically retorted, "It was a short book," implying the pilot's mind was not complex.
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We were in a long holding pattern at STL on a typical bad day there. Approach Control gave a direct clearance to another aircraft and canceled his hold.

Pilot: “Roger, cleared direct; you read my mind.”

Anonymous voice: “It was a short book.”


Tom Wilson

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