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<blockquote data-quote="32vGT" data-source="post: 10607865" data-attributes="member: 15044"><p>In 1978 I was a trainee Air Traffic Controller under supervision at Collage Station Texas, Easterwood Tower. This is a true story of a radio discussion one afternoon:</p><p></p><p>Unknown Aircraft: "Hello?.." </p><p>Easterwood Tower (me): "Please say again."</p><p>UA: "What?"</p><p>ET: "Who is this?" </p><p>UA: "This is Joe" </p><p>ET: "This is Easterwood Tower, where are you?"</p><p>UA: "I'm in the plane!" </p><p>(I looked down the flight line, checking if someone was sitting in a parked plane playing with the radio. I didn't see anything, and the senior controller was becoming more interested in my handling of the situation.)</p><p>ET: "Joe, where is the pilot?" </p><p>UA: "He got out when the engine quit.."</p><p>(I could only imagine a bizarre scenario in which the pilot had jumped from the plane.)</p><p>ET: "Joe, what does your airspeed indicator read?"</p><p>UA: (Long pause) "Zero?"</p><p>(So the plane was now in a stall I thought.)</p><p>ET: "Joe, whatever you have in front of you - a stick or a steering wheel - push it forward - you need to get airspeed over your wings!" </p><p>UA: "Are you sure?"</p><p>ET: "Yes Joe you need to push it forward... (pause)... What does your airspeed indicator read now?"</p><p>UA: "It's still zero."</p><p>(I thought, oh my god, Joe's plane was in a falling leaf spin. I couldn't help him. Joe was going to die. I did not know what to do. I looked to the senior controller. He said, "Ask him where his plane is.")</p><p>ET: "Joe, where is your plane?" </p><p>UA: "We are parked down at the end of the runway, the pilot got out when the engine quit and walked back to the hanger.." </p><p>ET: "Joe, get off the radio."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="32vGT, post: 10607865, member: 15044"] In 1978 I was a trainee Air Traffic Controller under supervision at Collage Station Texas, Easterwood Tower. This is a true story of a radio discussion one afternoon: Unknown Aircraft: "Hello?.." Easterwood Tower (me): "Please say again." UA: "What?" ET: "Who is this?" UA: "This is Joe" ET: "This is Easterwood Tower, where are you?" UA: "I'm in the plane!" (I looked down the flight line, checking if someone was sitting in a parked plane playing with the radio. I didn't see anything, and the senior controller was becoming more interested in my handling of the situation.) ET: "Joe, where is the pilot?" UA: "He got out when the engine quit.." (I could only imagine a bizarre scenario in which the pilot had jumped from the plane.) ET: "Joe, what does your airspeed indicator read?" UA: (Long pause) "Zero?" (So the plane was now in a stall I thought.) ET: "Joe, whatever you have in front of you - a stick or a steering wheel - push it forward - you need to get airspeed over your wings!" UA: "Are you sure?" ET: "Yes Joe you need to push it forward... (pause)... What does your airspeed indicator read now?" UA: "It's still zero." (I thought, oh my god, Joe's plane was in a falling leaf spin. I couldn't help him. Joe was going to die. I did not know what to do. I looked to the senior controller. He said, "Ask him where his plane is.") ET: "Joe, where is your plane?" UA: "We are parked down at the end of the runway, the pilot got out when the engine quit and walked back to the hanger.." ET: "Joe, get off the radio." [/QUOTE]
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