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Gemini Sparkle

Key Takeaways:

  • An anecdote recalls air traffic controllers in early 1970s Orlando making a poker-themed joke.
  • They would quip "Nine ten Jack Queen has a possible straight" when an Aztec aircraft (N910JQ) requested a straight-in approach to Herndon.
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In the early ’70s in Orlando, an Aztec, N910JQ, would always ask for a straight in to Herndon. So we could say:

“Nine ten Jack Queen has a possible straight.”


Jim Woolf
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