Happy Birthday Pops

I’ve had a hard life, but my hardships are nothing against the hardships that my father went through in order to get me to where I started.
-Bartrand Hubbard

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I’ve done a weekend by time.
I’ve done the weekend in a 12 step program.
I’ve done my weekend in fragments.
I’ve done my weekend in hi/low-lights.

But today you have the pleasure of viewing my weekend in a word search. Aren’t you lucky? I understand that this hardly passes the muster, it’s probably much closer to passing the mustard, but baby, it’s alls I gots. And to be honest, I think this little break I’ve taken recently has slowed my performance down. Take it or leave it I suppose. So, I guess I’ll quit rambling and go ahead and let you start wasting your time. Don’t fall asleep. Words to look for can be found in the extension. Look out below…

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08.59:30 PSA one eighty-two, traffic twelve o’clock, one mile northbound.
08.59:35 We’re looking.
08.59:30 PSA one eighty-two, additional traffic’s, ah, twelve o’clock, three miles just north of the field northwest bound, a Cessna one seventy-two climbing VFR out of one thousand four hundred.
08:59:50 Okay, we’ve got that other twelve.
08.59:57 Cessna seven seven one one golf, San Diego departure radar contact, maintain VFR conditions at or below three thousand five hundred, fly heading zero seven zero, vector final approach course.
09.00:16 PSA one eighty-two, traffic’s at twelve o’clock, three miles out of one thousand seven hundred.
09.00:21 Got’em.
09.00:22 Traffic in sight.
09.00:23 Okay, sir, maintain visual separation, contact Lindbergh tower one three three point three, have a nice day now.
09.00:28 Okay.
09.00:34 Lindbergh PSA one eighty-two downwind.
09.00:38 PSA one eighty-two, Lindbergh tower, ah, traffic twelve o’clock one mile a Cessna.
09.00:41 Flaps five.
09.00:43 Is that the one we’re looking at.
09.00:43 Yeah, but I don’t see him now.
09.00:44 Okay, we had it there a minute ago.
09.00:47 One eighty-two, roger.
09.00:50 I think he’s passed off to our right.
09.00:51 Yeah.
09.00:52 He was right over here a minute ago.
09.00:53 How far are you going to take your downwind one eighty-two, company traffic is waiting for departure.
09.00:57 Ah probably about three to four miles.
09.00:59 Okay.
09.01:07 PSA one eighty-two, cleared to land.
09.01:08 One eighty-two’s cleared to land.
09.01:11 Are we clear of that Cessna?
09.01:13 Suppose to be.
09.01:14 I guess.
09.01:20 I hope.
09.01:21 Oh yeah, before we turned downwind, I saw him about one o’clock, probably behind us now.
09.01:38 There’s one underneath.
09.01:39 I was looking at that inbound there.
09.01:45 Whoop!
09.01:46 Aghhh!
09.01:47 [Sound of impact]
09.01:48 Oh shit!
09.01:49 Easy baby, easy baby.
09.01:51 [sound of electrical system reactivation tone on CVR, system off less than one second]
09.01:51 What have we got here?
09.01:52 It’s bad.
09.01:53 We’re hit man, we are hit.
09.01:56 Tower, we’re going down, this is PSA.
09.01:57 Okay, we’ll call the equipment for you.
09.01:58 [sound of stall warning]
09.01:58 This is it baby!
09.01:58 Bob [name of F/O]
09.01:58 Brace yourself.
09.01:58 Hey baby…
09.01:58 Mom I love you..
09.02:04 [End of recording]