Hey Guys, everyone
of us who flies needs to listen to this one, the controller shows no signs of
losing his cool and handles the situation very well, all you guys-fly safe out
there and expect the unexpected!!!! Remember- 4 seconds on the gauges and
outside the aircraft scanning at least 11 seconds never stop looking for
traffic!
The exchange between a smooth, professional air traffic controller at
Republic Airport on Long Island and the pilot of a Piper Saratoga who'd been in
a midair collision with a Cessna 152 last Sunday. Both pilots were able to land their aircraft without incident but
the tower tape reveals just what it takes to recover two damaged aircraft on
the same runway during a busy period at a large GA airport.
The first call from the Saratoga pilot comes about 2:15 on the audio
file, but listen to the whole thing to get a feel for what the controller was
up against in getting the damaged aircraft on the ground without anyone else
(including a student launching for his first solo) getting in the way or into
trouble.