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Gemini Sparkle

Key Takeaways:

  • During multi-engine flight training, an air traffic controller made a humorous comment to another pilot.
  • The controller informed an inbound Bonanza that the training Duchess was "about to lose an engine," referring to the common engine-failure drills performed during training flights.
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I was working on my multi-engine rating at an airport where the controllers had apparently grown very familiar with the routine for training flights. While on downwind in the Duchess with my instructor, I heard this:

Controller: Bonanza 123AB you will be following a Duchess on downwind … he’s about to lose an engine.

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