Local Fox news != Fox News
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Mike Hammett
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Prince" <part15...@gmail.com>
To: af@af.afmug.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 1, 2020 4:20:25 PM
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Jetpack
Two things:
1. It's LA.
2. It's Fox News in LA.
bp
<part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
On 9/1/2020 2:07 PM, Nate Burke wrote:
> Just saw this story in the local paper. #1, I didn't realize jetpacks
> were so prevelant. #2, it seems like flying this close to a plane is
> just stupid.
>
> LOS ANGELES -- The Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday it is
> investigating reports from airline pilots that someone was flying in a
> jetpack as they approached Los Angeles International Airport to land
> last weekend.
>
> Two airline flight crews reported seeing what appeared to be someone
> in a jetpack as they were on their final approaches to LAX around 6:35
> p.m. PDT Sunday,' the FAA said.
>
> The statement did not elaborate.
>
> Fox 11 Los Angeles obtained recordings of communications between the
> aircraft and the tower.
>
> 'Tower, American 1997, we just passed a guy in a jetpack,' a pilot said.
>
> 'American 1997, OK, thank you, were they off to your left side or your
> right side?' the controller asked.
>
> 'Off the left side at maybe 300 yards or so at our altitude,' the
> pilot said.
>
> Another pilot also reported a sighting.
>
> 'We just saw the guy pass by us in the jetpack,' he said.
>
> The controller then advised another aircraft flight crew to use caution.
>
> 'Person in a jetpack reported 300 yards south of the LA final at about
> 3,000 feet (914 meters), 10-mile (16-kilometer) final,' the
> controller said.
>
>
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