Short Final: Left Turn
I recently heard this at Detroit Metropolitan Airport: Tower: “Airliner 123, left turn to heading 185. Cleared for takeoff 21R.” Pilot: “Right turn 185, cleared for takeoff 21R.” Tower: “That’s…
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I recently heard this at Detroit Metropolitan Airport:
Tower: “Airliner 123, left turn to heading 185. Cleared for takeoff 21R.”
Pilot: “Right turn 185, cleared for takeoff 21R.”
Tower: “That’s a left turn, 185.”
Pilot: “Left turn 185 … that would’ve been a really long right turn.”
Tower (completely deadpan): “It’s been done.”
Chris Iriarte
Detroit, MI
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