(Unnamed Air Force Base)
Secondary Crash Phone one afternoon:
This is Base Operations with a report of a pilot ejection due bird strike. Type aircraft is an A10, call sign Rhino 41. One soul on board, good chute (parachute) sighted at 14 degrees North, 135 degrees west. Repeating, the is Base Operations with a report of pilot ejection due to bird strike. Type aircraft is A10. call sign Rhino 41. One soul on board, good chute sighted at 14North 135 West. Are there any questions?
Yea Base Ops, did the aircraft crash?
(stunned silence followed by muffled laughter) Yes, the A19 doesn't fly well without a pilot. But R&D is working on this. Are therr any other questions? Base Ops out.
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