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Read "Airframe" by Michael Chricton to see what a ******** a writer can
make of air-to-ground radio conversations, even a writer who made his
reputation on the quality of his research. I saved on of his biggest
howlers as a sig file:

"Tower zero one request clearance for takeoff."
"Cleared runway three contact ground point six three when off the runway."


In Whirlwind, James Clavelle refered to gasoline leaking from the fuel
tank of a Bell 206 Jet Ranger...