I had just gotten checked out on my first radar position and I was sitting down for my first time working traffic by myself. The next thing I know I get handed off the Concord, which was still flying back then, and I had never worked a Concord before. It’s speed is pegged out at 999 knots and I know it’s going way faster than that. I look over at the strip and there’s a note on it that says the Queen of England is on board, flying in to visit Florida.
My first day, the Concord, and the Queen. I turn around, nervous as hell, and shout to the guys behind me, a bunch of crusty veterans who are mostly ex-Vietnam helicopter pilots hired when the strike happened, “Hey I’m over here working the Concord with the Queen of England on it. What do I do?”
Just as easy as pie one of the guys looks back at me and says “Make her number one.”
As a retired Center Air Traffic Controller, thank you for that. I’ve got a million stories, and it’s good to hear one from the other side of the mike.
Oh you haven’t seen this one? In jealous you are getting to read it for the first time today. It’s so good
Lmao I hadn’t seen that reversed copypasta one yet. It’s beautiful
Lol is this not a story about you? Is it a wall of text meme I’ve never heard of?
The original story is from the SR-71 pilot’s perspective https://www.thesr71blackbird.com/Aircraft/Stories/sr-71-blackbird-speed-check-story
Well it made perfect sense to me, and was funny and rang true. Real pilot humor there.
lol yea. It’s a reversed copy pasta. The original story is from the SR71’s perspective. It’s pet great both ways.
Haha, well here’s one from my life for you.
I had just gotten checked out on my first radar position and I was sitting down for my first time working traffic by myself. The next thing I know I get handed off the Concord, which was still flying back then, and I had never worked a Concord before. It’s speed is pegged out at 999 knots and I know it’s going way faster than that. I look over at the strip and there’s a note on it that says the Queen of England is on board, flying in to visit Florida.
My first day, the Concord, and the Queen. I turn around, nervous as hell, and shout to the guys behind me, a bunch of crusty veterans who are mostly ex-Vietnam helicopter pilots hired when the strike happened, “Hey I’m over here working the Concord with the Queen of England on it. What do I do?”
Just as easy as pie one of the guys looks back at me and says “Make her number one.”
Lmao I love it. That’s a great story. Thanks for sharing!