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To: Aquamarine

Ah, so it’s not a baseball reference.


633 posted on 05/30/2020 3:25:35 PM PDT by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill & Publius available at Amazon.)
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To: Publius
Could be a Military term.

call the ball (Verb) (When landing on US aircraft carriers) Is a request to sight the lights from the multi-colored optical landing system that shows a pilot to be on the correct approach path or how to correct his/her approach path.

636 posted on 05/30/2020 3:32:40 PM PDT by Aquamarine (Where we go one, we go all. ~ Q)
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To: Publius

> Call the ball

I’m in late. It’s an aircraft term, a request for information from the tower.

-SB


870 posted on 05/30/2020 7:47:09 PM PDT by Snowybear
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