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From: awtron@strawber.princeton.edu (Andrew Tron)
Newsgroups: rec.aviation
Subject: Re: 360 turn on final by commuter airliner
Message-ID: <1992Apr4.030058.21437@Princeton.EDU>
Date: 4 Apr 92 03:00:58 GMT
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This reminds me of a passage in "Airplane Talk", by Glenn Carlson.  Here
it is:

      This reminds me of a time when I was coming into San Francisco
      and heard that a TWA 707 was getting too close to a DC-9.  Approach
      Control, seeing that no one was behind TWA said, "TWA 707, make
      a right 360 for spacing."  The pilot responded "What?  Do you
      realize that it costs my company a hundred dollars for every
      180 degree turn I make in this thing?"  A controller often waits
      years for an opportunity to slip in a zinger and replied "Roger,
      give me a two hundred dollar turn to the right."

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