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December 10th, 2003, 10:43
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| Junior Member  Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Chicago, IL
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|  ...detent
Flew to SanDiego this weekend (commercially), and on the ground over the ATC channel at O'Hare, I heard something totally new: Ground: "United 1205, position and hold, detent. " Anyone know what "detent " means? Ground was saying that to several other jets also. I couldn't find it in the pilot controller glossary. |
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December 10th, 2003, 11:09
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| Banned  Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: USA
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| Re: ...detent
He was probably saying "Position and Hold, Dee 10" as in Delta 10 intersection... Which is off of Runway 32L...
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December 10th, 2003, 11:11
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Charlotte, NC
Posts: 1,101
| Re: ...detent
Except I believe the intersection is Tee 10 (Tango 10), a commonly used intersection for 32L departures at ORD. It allows simultaneous use of 27L for departures or arrivals and still provides 8800' of departure runway on 32L. FL270 |
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December 10th, 2003, 12:26
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| Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Chicago, IL
Posts: 71
| Re: ...detent
yes, that makes perfect sense now... T as in Total or D as in Dumba__... ...we took off on 32L  |
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December 10th, 2003, 12:52
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| Banned Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: USA
Posts: 489
| Re: ...detent
[ QUOTE ] Except I believe the intersection is Tee 10 (Tango 10), a commonly used intersection for 32L departures at ORD. It allows simultaneous use of 27L for departures or arrivals and still provides 8800' of departure runway on 32L. FL270 [/ QUOTE ] Very well could be, I am still in the "old mindset" when it comes to ORD... The "Inner", "Outer", "Lake Shore Drive", "Penalty Box", etc... Fortunately I don't get into ORD very ofter... |
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December 10th, 2003, 23:16
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| Old Skool Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Utopia
Posts: 12,567
| Re: ...detent
Reminds me of a time back home (KSFO) when I was at the airport, listening to my scanner and spotting. I was a private pilot wannabe, and I kept hearing ground tell aircraft to taxi to the "superbay". I repeatedly wondered to myself, "What in the heck is a superbay"?? Turns out it's some HUGE super-hangar at SFO!!! Fast forward, 3 years later, I'm on my first visual approach at KMQY (Smyrna, TN), and the tower controller tells me to report of Nissan....What the heck is he talking about? Report over a car?? Turns out there's a huge Nissan plant aligned on the final approach course to runway 32, and they use it as a visual reporting point.... |
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December 11th, 2003, 15:09
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Inside your OODA loop
Posts: 7,003
| Re: ...detent
[ QUOTE ] Reminds me of a time back home (KSFO) when I was at the airport, listening to my scanner and spotting. I was a private pilot wannabe, and I kept hearing ground tell aircraft to taxi to the "superbay". I repeatedly wondered to myself, "What in the heck is a superbay"?? Turns out it's some HUGE super-hangar at SFO!!! [/ QUOTE ]Yeah, UAL has a maintenance operations center there, I got to tour the monstrous maintenance facilities a few years ago--pretty impressive. |
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