Posted on 02/17/2017 7:57:21 AM PST by RummyChick
Harrison Ford didn't sound like a seasoned pilot of more than 20 years when he stammered through radio calls to the tower ... minutes before his screwed up landing on a taxiway.
TMZ has obtained audio of Harrison's convo with air traffic control as he took off from Santa Monica Airport at 11:49 AM on Feb. 13, and he sounds confused. The SMO tower sends him off with his tail number -- "Husky Niner Hotel Uniform" -- and gives him a personal code (squawk) of 0214 ... his identifying code for air traffic control. All good up to that point.
The trouble starts when Harrison radios back saying he's in a helicopter. He stutters a few times trying to correct his mistake and then throws out his tail number. The bigger problem is he's still talking to SMO tower, which had already turned over to another tower. The controller tells Harrison he's on the wrong frequency, and reminds him he should be communicating with the other tower. Our pilot sources say, on their own, these mistakes would be no big deal. But the FAA might be interested in these because of how his landing went roughly 18 minutes later in Orange County.
He should not fly Solo.
The runway is the one with the big numbers at each end.
This is not the Han Solo you are looking for.
Haha
I love visiting the Lyon Air Museum at John Wayne Int’l when I’m in OC. A great bunch of vets and old timers there. Lots of great stories.
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Harrison Ford suffered a head injury in the golf course emergency crash landing two years ago.
Head injuries at any age are statistically correlated to cognitive impairment, especially head injuries sustained later in life.
Howard Hughes had multiple head injuries from multiple plane crashes.
Reagan had head trauma after the assassination attempt when his head smacked the limousine roof as he was pushed into the back seat, plus, anesthesia for two major surgeries (bullet and colon cancer), plus, shortly after his term ended, he fell from a horse at his ranch and sustained a concussion.
Harrison Ford was also under general anesthesia after his severe leg injury on the Star Wars set a couple years back.
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