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Gemini Sparkle

Key Takeaways:

  • A student pilot recounts a humorous incident where they groundlooped a C-120 aircraft in front of the tower at BFI.
  • Following the groundloop, the tower controller asked if the pilot was experiencing difficulties.
  • The pilot candidly responded that the difficulties were over now that the plane was stopped, eliciting laughter from the tower controller.
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Oh, the years gone by…

Many years ago when I was a student pilot flying a C-120, (if you can remember when flight schools used C-120s, you may be older than I am), I groundlooped in front of the tower at BFI. Here’s the exchange, as I remember it:

Tower: Cessna triple 7, are you experiencing difficulties?

Me: No.

(pause)

…not now that I’ve got the sonofa**** stopped.

Tower: [Through laughter] Triple seven, taxi to the ramp.

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