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On approach at MKG in IFR minimums last weekend (Read 827 times)
Feb 20th, 2008 at 6:25pm

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I was being vectored in to MKG on sunday for the ils 32 and the controller said
Radar contact experimental 12345, 1 miles west of muskegon vor sqwawk 1234 cleared ils 32,

My readback,
Uuuuuh, experimental 12345 is 1 mile EAST of the vor,

without missing a beat
atc says

"roger that experimental 12345 we have you 24,999 miles west of the vor. "


if your a RL pilot you'll get it.
 
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Reply #1 - Feb 20th, 2008 at 10:36pm

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Care to explain why it's funny? We're not all real pilots.
 
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Reply #2 - Feb 20th, 2008 at 10:42pm
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Care to explain why it's funny?


Earths circumference is approx 25,000 miles depending on which source you use...(actually its more like 24,900 miles).  1 mile East of the VOR...or 24,999 miles West of the VOR. Tongue

Not a pilot...I could be totally wrong Tongue
 
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Reply #3 - Feb 21st, 2008 at 11:24am

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okay then
 
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Reply #4 - Feb 21st, 2008 at 11:51am

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LOL, like it!

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Reply #5 - Feb 21st, 2008 at 12:39pm

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Ah. I was guessing it was something like that, just checking. Thats funny.
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Reply #6 - Feb 22nd, 2008 at 11:07am

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lol, great one Wink
 
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Reply #7 - Feb 23rd, 2008 at 11:15pm

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Nice one. lol Wink
 
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Reply #8 - Feb 25th, 2008 at 11:44pm

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Reply #9 - Feb 26th, 2008 at 12:48am

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i appreciate this kind of humor out there in the flying world.

i might use that one some day if i can be quick enough to think of it.
 
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Reply #10 - Feb 28th, 2008 at 6:04am

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Don't assume all pilots are crack geographers... most of them have no idea where they are at any given time, let alone the circumference of the Earth. Grin
 
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Reply #11 - Feb 28th, 2008 at 11:49am

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beaky wrote on Feb 28th, 2008 at 6:04am:
let alone the circumference of the Earth. Grin

Sean, Sean, Sean, when something's flat it's called the 'width', everybody knows the world is flat.  Roll Eyes

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Reply #12 - Feb 29th, 2008 at 3:17am

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beaky wrote on Feb 28th, 2008 at 6:04am:
Don't assume all pilots are crack geographers... most of them have no idea where they are at any given time, let alone the circumference of the Earth. Grin


oh brother.

if i had a nickel for every time i heard a pilot call a tower controlled airport and insist he is 10 miles east of the airport while the controller says he is west of the airport... priceless.

eventually the rather red faced pilot admits "oh yes sorry sir your correct WEST of the airport."

i always told my students... when your flying to the airport the TOP of the DG is where the field is in relation to you.... but the BOTTOM of the DG tells you where you are in relation to the field.  Grin
 
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Reply #13 - Mar 1st, 2008 at 7:48pm

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Reply #14 - Mar 8th, 2008 at 2:08pm

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RitterKreuz wrote on Feb 29th, 2008 at 3:17am:
beaky wrote on Feb 28th, 2008 at 6:04am:
Don't assume all pilots are crack geographers... most of them have no idea where they are at any given time, let alone the circumference of the Earth. Grin


oh brother.

if i had a nickel for every time i heard a pilot call a tower controlled airport and insist he is 10 miles east of the airport while the controller says he is west of the airport... priceless.

eventually the rather red faced pilot admits "oh yes sorry sir your correct WEST of the airport."

i always told my students... when your flying to the airport the TOP of the DG is where the field is in relation to you.... but the BOTTOM of the DG tells you where you are in relation to the field.  Grin


The old John & Martha rules. I like the obstruction altitude for sectional charts the best. "the top # tells you what your altimiter reads when you hit the top of the tower, and the bottom # tells you how far you will fall to the ground" thats a classic. I met them once, they are every bit as corny in real life...
 
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