Word: panning
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Since both pilots and the tower were tuned to the same radio frequency, the Pan Am crew heard this exchange. "He's not cleared for takeoff," someone in the Pan Am cockpit concluded reassuringly...
...report when clear of runway," Pan Am replied...
...about 45° to the left to join the taxiway in a short loop leading to the head of the runway. The Clipper had passed C3, which headed back toward the terminal in a difficult turn for a big plane. Another sharp turn onto the taxiway would be required. Pan Am officials were later to explain that the crew considered C-l inactive because it was blocked by aircraft and assumed that the final turn was the "third intersection" the tower meant the plane to take. Pan Am was only about 475 ft. away from its safe exit when all hell...
...forward, he might have lived instead of died. If there had been no terrorist bombing at Las Palmas. If the KLM plane had not refueled, would its lighter weight have provided a lifesaving extra lift? If KLM had waited just 30 seconds more to take off. If Pan Am had moved a bit faster to its exit?or slower...
...Romans called the islands Insulas Canarias, or "Islands of the Dogs," because of the many canines found there. *Pan Am officials insist Grubbs never made this statement and that it does not appear on tower tape transcripts. Grubbs, however, told at least one reporter that he had, indeed, said this. If so, it should show up on a cockpit voice tape...