Short Final: Jump

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Key Takeaways:

  • During an Angel Flight, a jump plane pilot had a brief identification mix-up with an air traffic controller at Bradley International Airport.
  • An Angel Flight pilot interjected, expressing confusion about why someone would willingly jump from a "perfectly good airplane."
  • The air traffic controller humorously responded that if the Angel Flight pilot saw "Jump 2," they too would want to jump out of it, implying the plane's poor condition.
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I was flying an Angel Flight in Bradley International Airport’s airspace when a jump plane contacted the controller:

Jump Plane: “Jump 1. One minute prior.”

Bradley: “Are you Jump 1 or Jump 2?”

Jump Plane: “Sorry, we’re in Jump 2.”

Bradley: “I do jumps at your facility and understand the confusion.”

Me: “I can never understand it. Willingly jumping out of a perfectly good airplane.”

Bradley: “Believe me, if you saw Jump 2, you’d want to jump out of it.”

Richard Jacobs

Dartmouth, MA

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