Short Final

Gemini Sparkle

Key Takeaways:

  • Air traffic control (Approach) informs a Great Lakes pilot about traffic located directly behind their aircraft.
  • The pilot humorously responds, admitting they cannot see the traffic.
  • Approach delivers a witty comeback, acknowledging the impossibility of seeing traffic directly astern and adding a lighthearted touch to the exchange.
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Heard on Denver approach frequency

Approach: Great Lakes One Twenty Three, traffic six o’clock, two miles, 1000 feet above you, a 737.

Great Lakes: Approach, Great Lakes One Twentv-Three, if I told you I could see him, I’d be lyin’.

Approach: If you told me you could see him, you’d be my mother, ’cause you’d have eves in the back of your head.

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