Short Final

Gemini Sparkle

Key Takeaways:

  • Air traffic controller announcement: "All aircraft on frequency, turn right five degrees."
  • Pause followed by a second announcement.
  • Second announcement: "All aircraft on frequency, return to previous heading. I am now retired. So long."
  • The event took place over Joshua Approach in the southern California Mojave Desert.
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Heard over Joshua Approach in the southern California Mojave Desert:

Approach: “All aircraft on frequency, turn right five degrees.”

After a moment’s pause….

Approach: “All aircraft on frequency, return to previous heading. I am now retired. So long”


Stephen Hackney

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