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To: rlmorel
Yes, I recall-you were ATC?

Affirmative sir 🤪 I forgot to mention, C-130 drivers, were almost as responsive as fighter pilots. It’s the heavy pilots that caused us problems. It was exciting, however, running fighters, in the over head pattern, 500 above the heavies, in the conventional pattern.
Vietnam, was an absolute nightmare. Sometimes I miss ATC, and other times, I wonder how I survived as long as I did.

47 posted on 10/31/2022 7:32:00 PM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF pilot. USAF aviation runs in the family )
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To: Mark17

Thank you for your service, and Welcome Home sir!

Funny-I can see how in the “old days” that must have been a hair-raising job, but I always thought that with computer programs available now that it must be less so.

Until, of course, I consider they might be running on Windows which could blue-screen at any time, just to keep things...spicy!


49 posted on 10/31/2022 7:38:07 PM PDT by rlmorel (Nolnah's Razor: Never attribute to incompetence that which is adequately explained by malice.)
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