A story from the late 1950’s Navy flight training at Corpus Christi, Texas.
Instructors were known to party hard at night, even before a ‘hop’ the next morning. A common ‘cure’ was to put on the mask and breathe the pure oxygen while the trainee got the craft airborne. The SNJ training aircraft had a tandem cockpit with intercom for personal communication between the instructor and the trainee. These ‘private’ communications would be broadcast on air if the intercom switch were accidentally left open. One such morning following a heavy night for one particular instructor, not long after the flight was aloft, the following was heard over the air:
“Boy, am I ever f…ed up this morning.”
After a lengthy pause a young lady air traffic controller demanded:
“Aircraft making that last transmission, please identify yourself.”
There was an even lengthier pause, and then a voice said:
“Lady, I’m not that f…ed up.”
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cody
cody
13 years ago

LOL!! 😀

Patricia Rodríguez
Patricia Rodríguez
13 years ago

Mmm such a party night!!!! Private stuff are private…