Short Final: Hold Your Horsepower
From sister publication IFR Magazine’s “On the Air” letters page: A female tower controller at a flight-school airport was known to have a sultry voice that the young male instructors…
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From sister publication IFR Magazine’s "On the Air" letters page:
A female tower controller at a flight-school airport was known to have a sultry voice that the young male instructors found … appealing. On one occasion, she advised one of the school aircraft that had been waiting for ground fog to dissipate:
Controller: “Cessna Five Mike Fox, weather is now clear with 2.5 miles visibility in fog. State your intentions.”
Instructor: “Cessna Five Mike Fox ... Dishonorable.”
After a brief silence on the frequency, she replied: “Cessna Five Mike Fox, hold your present position—indefinitely.”
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