Airline pilots landing at LAX report “a guy in jetpack” flying alongside them

Re:Airline pilots landing at LAX report “a guy in jetpack” f... by mcguire on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @02:29PM (#24345094)

Another apocryphal story: A new ATC was working in Houston and got a call from a SR71 coming back to the states through the Gulf of Mexico.

The SR71 requested flight level 800.

The ATC, thinking someone was joking, said, "If you can get up there, FL800 is yours."

The SR71 replied, "Maam, we're coming down to 800."

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Re:Airline pilots landing at LAX report “a guy in jetpack” f... by Mountain_Skies on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @03:10PM (#24345677)

For those unfamiliar with the terminology, add two zeros to the end of the flight level to get the altitude in feet.

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