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Originally Posted by jon1424  I ran to the nearest payphone and sure caught a lot of flack from the guy on the other end, with him telling me "we were about 2 minutes away from sending out the search party!" |
I know that this was meant as sarcasm, but it sorta struck a chord (not in a bad way). One night, while on VFR flight following, coming back from Phoenix in a Bonanza with a student we encountered some clouds. Nothing major, but it required a little erratic manuvering to stay clear of them. We were over some part of the 4-corners area, desolate as can be, sometime past midnight.
Anyway, we were in the middle of dodging them and the center controller comes over the radio:
"bonanza XYZ are you guys OK?"
I gotta say, it made me feel a HECK of a lot better that night knowing ATC really does look out for us out there. I'm guessing he saw our track and altitude go a little haywire. Never really got to say thanks, so, well, thanks (I know I'm just broadcasting in the blind here
).
I know it sounded like you were "catching flack", but I bet the controller was having a heart attack wondering what happened to you guys.
Anyway, carry on
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