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I Have The Balls !!!!!!!!!

ATFATF Member Posts: 11,683 ✭✭✭
edited June 2003 in General Discussion
The following was forwarded to me from a QB aviator who has a son
> > (pilot) on the carrier Abraham Lincoln. The email below explains briefly
> > the procedure of a plane approaching a carrier for landing. The pilot is
> > asked by the air controller to "call the ball".
> >
> > For those not familiar with naval aviation lingo; There is a visual aid
> > used on carriers to let pilots know if they are on the proper glide
>slope
> > to land on the deck. The part that appears to move up and down depending
> > on how you're doing on the glide slope looks like a ball or "meat ball".
> > The fact that you have a visual on the approach aid dictates a call to
>the
> > controller on the ship.
> >
> > The standard response from the pilot of plane carrying the President
>would
> > have been "Lincoln, Navy One, 22,500 lbs, Roger Ball" meaning I have the
> > ball in sight and am on glide path (for a safe landing-the weight is
>given
> > for setting the correct braking tension of the arresting gear cables).
> >
> > The President's recent approach to the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln
> > resulted in the following: "Navy One" was on final approach for trap
> > aboard CVN ABRAHAM LINCOLN... the President making the radio call said:
> > "Lincoln, Navy One, 22,500 lbs, I have the balls." Since this was a
>very
> > special day for the carrier crew, all of the radio exchanges were being
> > piped
> > out over the ships PA system.
> >
> > The President's call brought down the house in wild cheers. No wonder
>the
> > military
> > appreciates and loves this man after their last wimpy leader!
> >
> >
> > Dan Pike, QB 11893

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ATF

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