Short Final: Tower Maintenance

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Key Takeaways:

  • In 2006, Addison, Texas, had an incomplete air traffic control tower, a fact observed by a taxiing Learjet pilot.
  • The Learjet pilot humorously commented that their home tower in Daytona Beach would soon resemble Addison's unfinished structure.
  • This remark was a stark reference to an approaching hurricane in Daytona Beach, which had prompted the pilot's evacuation to Addison.
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In 2006, Addison, Texas, the new tower structure was up, but without windows and a few walls. I was taxiing out to the runway and overheard this exchange:

Addison Tower: “Lear Eight Tango Fox, turn right at Golf and taxi to parking.”

Lear 8TF: “Right at Golf. Our Tower is going to look like your new one.”

Tower: “Really? Where’s that?”

Lear 8TF: “Daytona Beach.”

Tower: “Are you also getting a new tower?”

Lear 8TF: “No, we are getting a hurricane; that’s why we’re here.”

Bob Orth
Garland, TX

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