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Flight simulation is entering interesting times - X-Plane 11 is due soon, Dovetail Games FSX spin-off is also expected soon and then there is the Virtual Reality revolution which looks like it will finally be available at a price affordable by the masses. As if that wasn't enough the wait is over for the next edition of Directions to endure! Ta-daa.

X-Plane 11 is expected to be released in the next month and if you buy X-Plane 10 now from the Laminar Research website you will get a free upgrade to the next version on the day of the release. Instead of describing all the features of the new sim I will refer you to the video further down the page of a seminar filmed at the recent FlightSim convention held at RAF Cosford. In anticipation of this annual event we sent our man-in-the-street, roving reporter Phil 101 on a no-expenses paid field trip. Phil kindly summed up his experience of the day and took a few photos - You can read his report in this newsletter.

Back at UKDirect you can expect to see some changes taking place on the website with a bit of a make-over. The forum has still got some outstanding glitches I have yet to fix but it's working again and you can use it to leave your impressions, extra poop-bags will be provided!
What else is there? Bleed air - you’ve heard of it but do you know what it is, where it comes from and what it's used for? Angle-of-Attack produce a range of videos that teach you all you need to know about how planes work and you can watch half of one here for free. There are a few other inspirational and educational videos to watch too. Being a fan of Star Trek I couldn't resist including a film featuring William Shatner but at least it does have an aviation theme and as it's Halloween tonight the ghosts are appropriate!



As usual you can catch up on the latest round-up of real world aviation news and as always you'll find the regular features are here - best screenshot, real-world aviation news, fleet updates, competition and humour (hopefully).
Newshound aka Mark UKD171

“Man is not as good as a black box for certain specific things. However, he is more flexible and reliable. He is easily maintained and can be manufactured by relatively unskilled labor.”
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UKDirect Boeing 757-200, model by Just Flight.
Screenshot by Graham UKD140


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FLIGHT SIM 2016 – ROYAL AIRFORCE MUSEUM COSFORD – 08OCT16

The show was held in Hangar One of the RAF Museum in Cosford and, according to Just Flight’s email, promised to be the “best” ever. After a 2.5hr drive from home, I arrived about 1000 thinking it would be just starting up with a few boozy-headed exhibitors from the night before but what a surprise I had! Marshalled into the overflow car park, a long queue at the parking ticket machine and an even longer queue of fellow aviators lining up to enter the show!

This year’s show was sponsored by Just Flight in association with PC Pilot. I had prepaid my £8.35 entry fee and was greeted with a big hello, a bag of Flight Sim related treats and a map of Hangar One and its exhibitors. My goodie bag also consisted of various discount flyers, a free copy of the current PC Pilot magazine, a cute stress-busting squeezy foam Jumbo jet toy and Tracon – Air Traffic Control 2012 game. Amongst the 28 exhibitors booked, Alpine Systems, Trackhat, Aerosoft, PC Pilot, IVAO, Simdesign, RC Simulations, a few flying clubs and many more were all displaying and demonstrating their wares. Unfortunately, Dovetail Games were booked to attend but I didn’t see them anywhere.

The exhibitors were interwoven along a winding path of museum aircraft which often overshadowed the presentations, but that just added to the excitement of the day. Pressing through the throng of Flight Sim enthusiasts I did three laps of all exhibitors’ stands to make sure I didn’t miss anything. Along the way, there were quick opportunities to sit down, grab a yoke and go big bug-eyed on the latest pumped-up PC with triple widescreen cockpit build, complete with thrust controls and an array of glass gauges and switches.

I refrained from loading up with software add-ons at discount show prices and even the guy showing off his RC helicopter and spy camera. But I did come away with a happy feeling that my hobby was still alive and that so many fellow enthusiasts were buzzing with excitement just as I was.

Okay, highlights for me. There were a lot of cockpit builders on display showing the higher and more costly end of the hobby. It was great to see and play but not relevant to my minimal setup of FSX SE, laptop and Saitek sticks. I was more interested in the clubs who turned out with more modest set-ups and a vast knowledge of tuning .cfg files, add-on hits and misses and other great tips. 

What should have been a highlight for me was Laminar Research's big announcement and demonstration of X-Plane 11 but I missed it because I was distracted by the fantastic exhibits of the museum itself.  If you’ve never been to RAF Museum Cosford then it is well worth a day out. All conceivable aircraft in pristine preserved condition are displayed in three massive hangars. Entry is free and you just pay for parking (£3 for 4 hours, £4 all day).

Summarising my day at Flight Sim 2016 and RAF Museum Cosford is easily summed up in one word: brilliant! I look forward to next year’s show.

Boeing

The Father of the ‘Queen of the Skies’ Joseph ‘Joe’ Sutter passed away 30th August aged 95. He was the driving force at Boeing in the Sixties and the Chief Engineer creating the iconic 747 which changed air travel forever.

ANA has taken delivery of it’s 50th Dreamliner, they currently operate 36 787-8’s and 14 787-9’s. ANA was the launch customer for the Dreamliner and still have 33 more on order including 3 of the larger 787-10’s.
 

Airbus

Korean Air’s aerospace division have delivered the first set of Sharklets for the Airbus A330neo. The wing extensions are a development of the smaller A320neo Sharklets and are expected to improve fuel efficiency by 4%. The A330’s wingspan will increase from 60.3m to 64m and are designed to increase lift while reducing drag.

The Airbus US Manufacturing Facility in Alabama delivered it's tenth aircraft in September, an A321 for Spirit airlines. Spirit Airlines operate an all-Airbus fleet but this was it’s first US built Airbus.

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BA customers who have booked short-haul flights for next year told they won't receive free food

By Lucinda Borrell, MSE News Reporter
5 Oct 2016

Passengers who have booked certain short-haul flights with British Airways taking off from 11 January next year may want to pack some extra snacks after the airline announced it will no longer be providing complimentary food and drink. If you've booked a BA flight lasting less than five hours that departs from London Heathrow or Gatwick, you'll be expected to pay for in-flight refreshments from 11 January 2017.

BA is in the process of emailing affected travellers to inform them that it's "upgrading" its food offering to a new "buy-onboard menu range" provided by Marks & Spencer.


Ryanair cuts free check-in window to just four days

If you're flying on budget airline Ryanair, from 1 November you'll have to pay a fee if you want to check in more than four days before you fly.
The change means holidaymakers returning to the UK more than four days after their departure – for example, those going away for a week – will need to access the internet while abroad to check in online to avoid paying the charge.

Ryanair passengers can choose between paying for a seat – Ryanair says this costs from £4-£15 per person – or not paying and being randomly allocated seating. The airline says it's shaving three days off the free check-in window because it believes this will "increase the choice available" to customers who opt to pay for reserved seats by giving them a greater time frame in which to choose. The change will apply to all Ryanair passengers, including those who've already booked a flight for after 1 November.


London City Airport is expanding.
The airport currently handles 4.3 million pax per year and has been given government approval for a £344m expansion. £344m gets you a parallel taxiway, seven new aircraft stands and an extension to the pax terminal which anticipates 6.5m future passengers per year.


Twin-Otter Milestone
Viking Air has completed the 100th production Twin Otter 400 Series aircraft. The 400 features upgraded Pratt & Whitney PT6A-34 engines and a digital avionics suite. The 400 series is flown by 34 airlines in 29 countries.

 

Sweden recommends to limit ATR-72 power ranges following unsolved engine vibrations incidents

The Swedish Accident Investigation Authority (SHK) recommends EASA to limit ATR-72 power ranges in specific conditions following several unsolved engine vibrations incidents.

The SHK published their final report of a serious incident involving a Braathens Regional ATR-72-500 in November 2014. The aircraft operated on a domestic flight from Stockholm-Bromma Airport to Visby in Sweden with 55 persons on board.

The vibrations increased in intensity and the commander reduced the rate of descent to 2,500 feet per minute.
The vibrations became so severe that the cabin crew had difficulties moving in the cabin and that there were difficulties reading the instruments in cockpit.
Information from the flight recorders shows that the left propeller was first feathered momentarily. The right propeller was feathered thereafter, after which the right engine (PW127M) was shut off. The flight continued with the left engine in operation. The information also reveals that the communication between the pilots did not include confirmation of which engine’s power levers were manoeuvred. A number of warning signals were activated during the sequence of events. The signals were not reset during the acute phase of the event.
When the commander moved the right propeller control to feather position, he was unable to push it all the way to fuel shut-off position. The control was therefore returned to the “auto” position and then pushed back via the feather position to fuel shut-off, whereby the vibrations subsided.
The co-pilot explained the situation to the air traffic controller in the Visby tower and declared an emergency situation.
The approach and landing were executed without problems.

The SHK was unable to determine the cause of the serious incident. Since it noted that there had been six similar incidents, a recommendation was issued to EASA to “consider to impose temporary restrictions to the flight envelope or similar limits of the power ranges of the same until the problem is resolved and rectified.”
source:http://aviation-safety.net/index.php


Avro RJ Freighter?
BAE Systems is considering a programme to convert it’s RJ100 passenger aircraft into a dedicated cargo variant. BAE perceives a gap in the cargo sector between the large turboprop’s 7 tonne capacity and the 737 Classic’s 18 ton capacity. The proposed RJ100 frieghter could carry 14 tonnes of freight up to an extra 1,000nm further range through the use of underfloor fuel tanks with the cargo loaded using a 146QT’s door. Conversion is anticipated to be much cheaper than a 737 conversion and would take 9 months to complete. If demand exists then RJ85’s could also be converted using the same components with potential for combi variants.

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05 AUG 2016  Swearingen SA227-AT Merlin IVC   Ameriflight    N246DH   C/n:  AT-625B   First flight: 

The aircraft experienced a nosegear collapse upon landing at Saint Maarten International Airport (TNCM), Sint Maarten, Netherlands. The airplane sustained unreported damage and the two pilots onboard were not injured.
The runway was closed to incoming flights due to the disabled plane sitting on the runway. Flights were being redirected to surrounding airports including Grand Case and St. Barths. But The runway was reopened around 3:15 p.m. The Daily Herald understands the Ameriflight plane made the emergency landing on its back wheels as the nosewheel wouldn't deploy. Ameriflight usually brings in cargo for United Parcels Services (UPS) from Puerto Rico.
https://www.thedailyherald.sx/islands/59273-update-small-plane-makes-emergency-landing

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11 AUG 2016  Airbus A320-232  JetBlue   N632JB   C/n: 2647  First flight: Nov 2015

Flight 429 hit severe turbulence over south dakota injuring 22 passengers and crew. the aircraft made an emergency landing at rapid city, sd, regional airport. the injured were treated and released from a local hospital. A replacement aircraft continued the flight later in the evening. minor damage to the aircraft is reported as a restroom commode was torn from it base and storage bins opened.
Video link here http://www.nbcnews.com/business/travel/jetblue-flight-429-hits-turbulence-24-board-taken-hospital-n628941

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29 AUG 2016  de Havilland Canada DHC-8-402Q Dash 8  FlyBe   G-JECR   C/n: 4139  First flight: Nov 2015

Scheduled passenger flight from Amsterdam to Manchester. According to published sources, one of two tyres on left side of plane burst on or shortly after takeoff. The left undercarriage then did not retract into the wing. Passengers alerted crew shortly after take-off. The plane diverted to Birmingham Airport (BHX). The plane circled for about an hour to burn fuel, before making a safe landing at Birmingham with full emergency services on standby.

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29 AUG 2016  Mitsubishi MRJ-200 (MRJ-90)   Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation  JA21MJ   C/n: MSN10001  First flight: 27 Aug 2016

The first prototype of Mitsubishi Regional Jet forced to return to Komaki again due to the same problem on the air management system as had happened the day before. The MRJ would be sent to Moses Lake/Grant County International Airport (MWH/KMWH), WA for certification check.
On 30th August, Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation announced that the problem was the malfunction on sensors monitoring the air management systems on the port side.

The flight tests of the first test aircraft of the MRJ (Mitsubishi Regional Jet) carried out on August 27 and 28 were aborted when anomalies were detected in the signals generated by sensors monitoring air management systems. Two air management systems, left and right, are installed in the aircraft, and in these events, a malfunction was detected in sensors monitoring the air management systems on the left side.
The air management systems operated properly during the flights, however, considering that the long flights are to the United States, the decision was made to take all possible measures to fly the MRJ in a perfect condition.

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08 SEP 2016  Airbus A330-342  Cathay Dragon   B-HLL   C/n: 244  First flight: 

Cathay Dragon flight KA691, an Airbus A330-342, hit an airport delivery van with the no.1 engine as it was taxiing to the runway.
The aircraft had been parked at stand S23 and was pushed back at 16:06 hours local time. Immediately after it started moving on taxiway H7, the collision occurred.
CCTV images of the occurrence show the van driving towards the plane and turning right into the air inlet cowling of the engine.
 

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13 SEP 2016  Boeing 737-347 (SF)  Trigana Air Service   PK-YSY   C/n: 23597/1287  First flight: 1986-09-24 (29 years 12 months)

A Boeing 737-300 cargo plane operated by Trigana as flight TGN7321 sustained substantial damage in a landing accident on runway 15 at Wamena, Indonesia. Reports from the scene suggest the aircraft touched down hard, causing the left hand main landing gear leg to separate. A video of the accident shows the aircraft skidding down the runway. The aircraft came to rest on the right side of the runway.
The aircraft operated on a cargo flight from Jayapura, carrying 50 drums of oil weighing 8500 kg and 27 diesel drums with a weight of 5103 kg. In addition, the aircraft also carried 750 kg sugar, 40 kg of rice and 450 kg of other goods.

This was the second Boeing 737-300F landing accident at Wamena in just over a year. On August 28, 2015, a Cardig Air aircraft touched down about 35 meters before the beginning of runway 15, causing the left hand main gear to collapse..

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15 SEP 2016  Albatros D.V   WW1 Aviation Heritage Trust   ZK-TGY   C/n:0087  First flight:
 
An Albatros DV.a replica sustained substantial damage when it flipped over during a forced landing in a field at Bethersden, Kent. The aircraft came to rest inverted. The aircraft was returning to the U.K. following a fly past at the WW1 Somme commemoration at Longueval, France.
 

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05 OCT 2016  Boeing 737-7H4 (WL)   Southwest Airlines   N422WN   C/n: 29826  First flight:

Southwest Airlines flight WN994 was evacuated through the left hand forward exit after smoke developed in the cabin while the aircraft, a Boeing 737, was still parked at the gate at Louisville International Airport, Kentucky.
The flight was preparing for departure to Baltimore/Washington International Airport when the lithium battery of a Samsung Note 7 apparently began overheating. The owner stated to ABC News that it was a replacement Note 7, which is supposed to be free of a battery defect that has sparked fires and prompted a recall.
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06 OCT 2016  Airbus A330-202   Aer Lingus  EI-DUO   C/n: 841  First flight:

An Aer Lingus Airbus A330-202 sustained damage and two ground employees sustained serious injuries when a fire erupted during unloading of the plane. During the operation, a can-loader, positioned at the right hand rear cargo door, malfunctioned and engulfed both employees in flames.
The aircraft, flight EI121, had arrived from Dublin, Ireland and was parked at gate 17, Terminal A, Orlando International. Passengers were disembarking as the incident occurred.
 

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09 OCT 2016  Airbus A330-343   Etihad Airways   A6-AFE   C/n: 1226   First flight:

Etihad Airways flight EY51 suffered a loss of the green hydraulic system due to a heavy leak of the engine number 2 pressure line.
The aircraft, an Airbus A330-300, entered a holding pattern between 13:50 and 14:12 before commencing further descent towards Geneva, Switzerland. Emergency landing gear extension was required and aircraft landed successfully on runway 06 at 14:32. The aircraft was towed from the runway due to loss of nose wheel steering system related to the emergency landing gear extension.
The aircraft left Geneva for Abu Dhabi as flight EY52 on October 11. On October 16 the aircraft went back into service.
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11 OCT 2016  Airbus A320-214  China Eastern Airlines B-2337   C/n: 1357  First flight:

China Eastern Airlines flight MU5643, an Airbus A320, was involved in a serious runway incursion incident during takeoff from Shanghai-Hongqiao Airport, China.
The aircraft was cleared for takeoff from runway 36L for a domestic flight to Tianjin. As it was accelerating down the runway, an Airbus A330 entered the active runway via taxiway B3. The China Eastern Airbus A330-343 (B-6506) had just landed on runway 36R after a flight from Beijing (MU5106) and had reportedly been cleared to taxy to the terminal. It left the runway via B3, crossed taxiway Bravo and entered the active departure runway via taxiway H3. This crossing is located 2110 meters from the threshold of runway 36L and 2400 m from the point where the A320 commenced takeoff.
The A320 was accelerating through 110 knots when the crew noted the A330 entering the runway. The crew selected TOGA thrust and continued their takeoff. The aircraft rotated at about 130 knots and climbed over the A330 with a separation of just 19 m.

Weather at the incident time (12:05 LT / 04:05 Z) was reported as:
ZSSS 100400Z 05006MPS 360V090 9999 BKN040 22/12 Q1019 NOSIG
 

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13 OCT 2016  ATR 72-500 (72-212A)   TAROM   YR-ATI   C/n: 867   First flight:

Flight RO717,an ATR 72-500 from Bucharest to Iasi was scheduled to depart at 20:35. The aircraft begun his take off roll on runway 08L but during take off roll, the pilot in command felt some vibrations at the nose gear and aborted the takeoff.
The crew did not request assistance on the ground. During a runway check, pieces of runway lights were found and identified as runway edge lights. The lights were completely missing from their positions on the south part of runway 08L.
Sunset at Bucharest was at 18:35 hours LT.
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21 OCT 2016  Airbus A300B4-203F  Sterna Linhas Aéreas   PR-STN   C/n: 236  First flight:

Sterna Cargo flight 9302 suffered a landing incident at Recife-Guararapes International Airport, Brazil at 06:30 local time.
The aircraft apparently came to rest off the runway with the nose resting on the ground. It's unclear if the nose landing gear had collapsed or if it had failed to extend.
 

Time to get that grey matter working!. Email answers to mark “at” planecrazy.me.uk or use the message facility on FS Airlines.  Answers will be posted in the next Directions but if you email me your guesses I will reply straight away (in confidence - so no need to worry about embarrassment).

1> Which airport is not a European airport? If you need help look at the answers to the last quiz below.
 
a)        BIRK
b)        EGLL
c)        HECC
d)        LGAV


2>  With which 2 letters do airport codes in Brazil start?
a)    BA
b)    BR
c)    SA
d)    SB


3>  Which is not an ICAO code of a national capital's airport?

a)    LECB
b)    EHAM
c)    MMMX
d)    KIAD


 

Answers to last Directions quiz:

1. What does ICAO mean?
   b)        The International Civil Aviation Organisation is a UN specialized agency, established by States in 1944 to ensure that ICAO Member States conform to global norms.
2. In the ICAO code structure, (e.g. KJFK, EGCC) generally what do the last two letters identify?
   b)    An airport -  ICAO codes are distributed by region and country. In general, the first letter is allocated by continent and represents a country or group of countries within that continent. The second letter generally represents a country within that region, and the remaining two are used to identify each airport. An exception to this rule is larger countries that have single-letter country codes, where the remaining three letters identify the airport.
3. In the ICAO code structure, what does the second letter usually represent?
   d)     A country (see above). There are a few exceptions to the regional structure of the ICAO code made for political or administrative reasons. For example, the RAF Mount Pleasant air base in the Falkland Islands is assigned the ICAO code EGYP as though it were in the United Kingdom, but a nearby civilian airport such as Port Stanley Airport is assigned SFAL, consistent with South America. Source wikipedia.org

Flightsim News

UK2000 Aberdeen Xtreme released! Aberdeen (ICAO: EGPD) is an international airport based in the North-east of Scotland. The airport has one main passenger terminal, serving scheduled and charter holiday flights. In addition, there are four terminals dedicated to North Sea helicopter operations. There is also a small terminal adjacent to the main passenger terminal, Broomfield House, used primarily for oil company charter flights to Scatsta in Shetland. Aberdeen has a single runway of 1,953m (6,407ft) handling nearly 3.5 million passengers per year. The scenery includes all the major structures modelled in high detail with night lighting, 3D lighting, realistic ground markings with signs and airport traffic along with seasonal textures. As usual UK2000 have released a freeware ‘lite’ version and a demo of the full version for you to try for FS9, FSX and P3D.

UK2000 News and updates http://www.uk2000scenery.com/newsite/
Don’t forget to ask me for the UKDirect discount. (-20%)
 

FSX Toulouse Blagnac Airport Scenery

This is an addon scenery for FSX of the Toulouse Blagnac Airport LFBO. You will find all the terminals of LFBO and the control tower, as well as the Airbus facilities of the A380 Lagardère plant North East of LFBO, the A380 delivery center Henry Ziegler North West of LFBO, and some buildings of the Airbus facilities in Blagnac, West of LFBO. By Jose Mauriz
The screen-shot below features this free-ware scenery (using P3D) and a video also featuring this scenery is below.
http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=164383

makerunways

If you use any programs that make use of the freeware program makerunways then you may like to know it has recently been updated (23/9/16) to version 4.699. Many payware programs use it too, you can tell if you need it as the file will already be in your sim’s root directory.
You can get it free from Pete Dowson's simflight web page (ignore the date of the post):

http://forum.simflight.com/topic/66136-useful-additional-programs/
 

FSUIPC4 update

FSUIPC4 4.957 was released 24th September 2016 for use with FSX, FSX-SE and Prepar3D. FSUIPC is an almost indispensable program created by Pete Dowson. It started as freeware and a cut-down version is still available for free but it offers so much more for a reasonable price. If you have any problems with add-on software trying to interface with your flightsim then this program is the first place to look ensuring it is kept up to date is important.
You can download it direct from his Schiratti.com web page:
http://www.schiratti.com/dowson.html
 

FSX-P3D Italy Photo real Scenery

Freeware photo real scenery for Italy in two resolutions - 1m (400Gb!) and 2m (45Gb). The files include night lighting, winter and summer textures and auto-gen buildings and vegetation. The website also includes free photo real scenery for other areas of Europe (not the UK yet) at the lower resolution and without night lights or auto-gen. The video below shows what you can expect to see.
http://italyphotoreal.weebly.com/
 

Prepar3D v2.4 with  FSX Italy Photoreal

A deer is on the runway... so...
Tower: Cessna XXX cleared for take-off.
Student: "What should I do? What should I do?"
Inst: "What do you think you should do?"
(think-think-think)
Std: "Maybe if I taxi toward him it'll scare him away."
Inst: "That's a good idea."
(Taxi toward deer, but deer is macho, and holds position.)

Tower: Cessna XXX cleared for take-off, runway NN.
Std: "What should I do? What should I do?"
Inst: "What do you think you should do?"
(think-think-think)

Std: "Maybe I should tell the tower."
Inst: "That's a good idea."
Std: Cessna XXX, uh, there's a deer down here on the runway.
(long pause)
Tower: Roger XXX, hold your position. Deer on runawy NN cleared for immediate departure.
(Two seconds, and then -- I presume by coincidence -- the deer bolts from the runway, and runs back into the woods.)
Tower: Cessna XXX cleared for departure, runway NN. Caution wake turbulence, departing deer.

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Controller: "USA353 (sic) contact Cleveland Center 135.60.
(pause)
Controller: "USA353 contact Cleveland Center 135.60!"
(pause)
Controller: "USA353 you're just like my wife you never listen!"
Pilot: "Center, this is USA553, maybe if you called her by the right name you'd get a better response!"

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Pilot: "Approach, Federated 303's with at 8000' for vectors ILS, full stop.
Approach: "Unable Federated 303. The ILS is out of service."
Pilot: "We'll take the VOR then."
Approach: "Sir, the VOR's in alarm right now. Standby."
Pilot: "OK, guess it'll have to be the ADF then."
Approach: "303, unable the ADF right now for traffic saturation."
Pilot: "OK, approach. State my intentions."