Article: 5184 of rec.aviation.misc Newsgroups: rec.aviation.misc Path: newshost.ncd.com!ncd.com!olivea!charnel!yeshua.marcam.com!zip.eecs.umich.edu!umn.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!jpp From: jpp@netcom.com (John Pettitt) Subject: Mile High Club Message-ID: Organization: Rock of ages home for retired hackers Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1993 17:14:01 GMT Lines: 41 Reproduced from Mercury Center (America OnLine) without permission; MILE-HIGH (SEX) CLUB GOES PUBLIC 10/7/93 Reuters LONDON -- A British couple who made love in a light aircraft forgot to turn off their transmitter and broadcast their moments of passion to air traffic controllers and radio enthusiasts Wednesday. The couple, flying in a private Cessna 150 plane near the Scottish city of Edinburgh, began by debating whether they should have sex 5,000 feet above ground and join the ``Mile High Club.'' Their conversation grew more and more passionate and then ceased. ``We've been trying to raise you for the past 50 minutes,'' an angry controller was quoted by the domestic Press Association as telling the couple when they came in to land. ``We've been listening to your conversation. Very interesting. Please come and see me when you land.'' Fifteen aircraft, including shuttles, jets and cargo planes, had to use an emergency channel while the two cavorted. The pilot reported to authorities at Edinburgh Airport, where he was reprimanded for blocking radio communication, the Press Association reported. ``Apart from one aspect of his airmanship -- his failure to check in on a regular basis -- there were no breaches of aviation rules,'' it quoted the airport's air traffic control manager Paul Louden as saying. -- John Pettitt - Email: jpp@netcom.com or jpettitt@well.sf.ca.us Phone: 408 236 3202 Fax: 408 241 0307 Plane: Archer N81034 Car: RECAV8R