Short Final

Gemini Sparkle

Key Takeaways:

  • An air traffic controller instructs an Ercoupe pilot to reduce speed and make a "half-'S'" turn due to a blimp landing near runway 7.
  • The Ercoupe pilot humorously misinterprets the "half-'S'" turn instruction, responding that they are making a "half-assed" turn.
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Heard at Orlando Executive:

Tower:
“Ercoupe 1234, we have a blimp landing to the right of runway 7. Reduce speed.”

Ercoupe:
“1234 reducing speed.”

Tower:
“1234, make a half-‘S’ turn to the left.”

Ercoupe:
“1234 making a half-assed turn to the left.”


Robert C. Abbaticchio
via e-mail

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