Short Final: Other Right

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Key Takeaways:

  • A pilot from Bloomington, Indiana, mistakenly turned left at Purdue University Airport despite being instructed to enter a right downwind.
  • Air traffic control humorously corrected the pilot's directional error, stating, "it's your other right."
  • Another person on the frequency made a sarcastic comment linking the pilot's mistake to Bloomington's basketball performance, highlighting the Purdue-Indiana rivalry.
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Flying into the Class D Purdue University Airport (home of the Purdue Boilermakers), I heard tower say, “N1234 enter right downwind for Runway 28.”

A few minutes later the tower said, “N1234, I know you’re from Bloomington (home of Indiana Hoosiers), but it’s your other right.”

Apparently the plane had turned left.

Then someone else came on frequency saying, “No wonder they can’t play basketball anymore….”

Matt Balla
Bloomington, Indiana

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