I was in the tower at RVS [Tulsa Jones] . The weather was
zero-zero, we could look down from the tower cab and just
see airplanes on the ramp directly below. Anything more
than 150 feet away was gone. Tops in the area were being
reported as about 3000 feet. It was below commercial
take-off minimums for many operators.

We heard an airplane start their engine just below the tower
at a flight school ramp. Figured it was a mechanic. Then
the tower gets a call, "Cessna xxxxx ready to taxi VFR."
Ground says, "the airport is below VFR minimums, what are
your intentions?"
"How about a special?"
"The control zone [it was a while ago] is below SVFR, what
are your intentions?"

"I guess I'll go get a cup of coffee and check the
forecast."



"Dan Luke" wrote in message
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| "Emily" wrote:
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| The special VFR hint:
|
| The weather is 1500 broken, and 2 1/2 miles when
the Private Pilot
| calls ground and announces "Taxi to the active with
Hotel...".
| The guy working ground comes back with "Weather
1500broken, 2 1/2 in
| fog, the field is IFR, is there anything "SPECIAL" I
can do for you?
|
| I once sat behind a guy in a 172 who just didn't get it.
Ground finally
| told him to shut down and go inside and ask someone what
it meant when he
| asked if there was anything special he could do.
|
|
| If I were a controller, there's no way in hell I would do
this.
|
| Why would I want my voice on tape helping some clueless
twit figure out how
| to kill himself?
|
| --
| Dan
| C172RG at BFM
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|