Priority Landing
Published Jan 01, 1900
A military pilot calling ugently called Air Traffic Control for a priority landing because his single-engine jet fighter was running "a bit peaked " His one engine was shutting down. Air Traffic Control told the fighter jock that he was number two behind a B-52 bomber that had one of his eight engines shut down. "Ah," the pilot remarked, "the dreaded seven-engine approach!"
Originally published November 14, 2002.
