Short Final

Editorial Staff

Sunday, May 20, 2007 at 12:00 AM ET

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Key Takeaways:

An Air Traffic Controller expressed surprise ("Wow!") upon learning a Cirrus SR22 was flying at 165 knots while being sequenced with slower trainer aircraft.
The controller then instructed the Cirrus to slow down to 140 knots or less, much to the amusement of the onboard flight instructor.

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Overheard in IFR Magazine's 'On the Air' Section

I was flying a Cirrus SR22, introducing the plane to a CFI interested in seeing it in action. We were still about 20 miles out, but the controller was working us into the sequence with other planes, mostly trainers, setting up for practice approaches:

Seattle Approach: Cirrus Seven Charlie Delta, say airspeed.

Cirrus: Seven Charlie Delta is indicating 165.

Approach: Wow! Uh, okay. Cirrus Seven Charlie Delta, slow to 140 or less.

The CFI was rolling with joy, saying, “Dude, you got a ‘Wow!'”