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Quick sea story. To avoid interfering with launch and recovery operations, there is a 3-mile radius cylinder (the "stack") around U.S. aircraft carriers that mi
by hudibras 12y ago
Quick sea story. To avoid interfering with launch and recovery operations, there is a 3-mile radius cylinder (the "stack") around U.S. aircraft carriers that military aircraft have to get permission from the tower to enter. One time, while operating off the coast of Pakistan, a U-2 called us up and asked permission to enter the stack, "at Angels Sixty."
Or in other words, 10 miles directly above all the other aircraft. They got permission.
- gone35 12y agoNice. That story reminded me of the good ol' SR-71 speed check one [1]. I'm sure I'm not alone in this among my fellow HN 'Aviation Week' enthusiasts: [1] https://groups.google.com/forum/m/#!topic/rec.aviation.stories/ueI6JKeEomo https://groups.google.com/forum/m/#!topic/rec.aviation.stori...