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Key Takeaways:

  • During helicopter flight training in 1970, a solo student pilot attempted to enter the landing traffic pattern from the wrong direction.
  • When corrected by Wolters Tower, the student humorously responded, "Thats OK tower, I solo," implying their solo status superseded standard procedure.
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During helicopter primary flight training at Fort Wolters, TX in 1970 a long, loose line of TH-55 helicopters, some with solo students, some with instructors, were returning from afternoon training.

Student: (In broken Vietnamese) Wolthers Tower,Osage 1234 entering extended down wind for landing.

Wolthers Tower: Osage 1234, negative entry, you are entering traffic from wrong direction.

Student : Thats OK tower, I solo.


Bob Page
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