Think BigBadLou trying to get an AOA in there. There's one on the light gun right?
Oh sh*t! Last time I was there (on Saturday), I didn't see one on the light gun (and yes, I inspected the gun because they use it on me every week thanks to my radios not working very often or my PTT getting stuck for hours at a time
).
Yes, I climb into the tower cab almost on a weekly basis. It is easier to talk to them in person than calling a number they try to give me over radio every time I can't hear them and cross the rwy in front of landing traffic.
The tower supervisor is very funny, he jokes every time that he wants to see my license and cut it up but I don't have the heart to tell this guy that he won't be able to do it himself because a supervisor at another airport did it years ago. But again, he's cool, he always smiles while the other controllers are dialing the local FSDO to get an inspector down to the airport asap. So far I have always missed him. Not a bad thing, I hear he's grumpy whenever he gets there.
I hate grumpy people. They harsh my buzz. When the grumps make me grumpy, it affects my flying and it is less fun. I tend to forget to request a flyby before I buzz the tower. But it's no problem, the supervisor is cool, like I said. I fear for his health, though, he keeps repeating how bad his heart is. I feel bad for him.
I try to stay healthy myself. I cut down on my drinking, no more than 2 beers before flying, I want to be sober. Ish. If I drink too much, I can't see the rwy or PAPI lights clearly and I have to concentrate really hard to be able to set it down perfectly on the yellow centerline on the very narrow runway and that much concentration takes the fun out of flying.
But hey, at least flying is much more fun than driving. Especially since all the morons on the road can't follow simple instructions and almost hit me while I am taxiing perfectly aligned on the yellow centerline. Even on the motorcycle, I have hard time getting by all the idiots taxiing too far off the yellow centerline. But at least that gives me room to pass them. They taxi too slow, IMO. You can't rotate that heavy thing at 80mph!
My bike rotates easily. With all the horsepower and torque, I can pop a wheelie at 100mph easily. The P-factor yaws me left, though, so I always end up far left off the centerline but I normally correct within a 1/2mi or so. The other drivers love my wheelies. They use the honk code: one long honk is "coooooool", two short honks stand for "awe-some", three short honks indicate "a-maz-ing"! If feels good to be appreciated.
But enough about me.
Who do I report an AOA missing from the light gun? The local FSDO?
