bl@hplabsb.UUCP (10/26/85)
I was returning to Palo Alto airport and entered left downwind. There
were several planes in the normal right hand pattern. I was cleared to
land behind a plane on short final when I heard the following (numbers
are changed to protect the innocent):
tower: Cessna 280, PAO tower, make left 360 for spacing.
<silence>
tower: (louder) Cessna 280, make left 360 for spacing.
<silence>
tower: (irritated) Cessna 280, this is your third call.
Make left 360 for spacing.
pilot: (feminine voice) Is that for 354?
tower: (angry) No m'am. Cessna 280, listen up to the radio, this is
your fourth call. Make left 360 for spacing.
pilot: (masculine voice) 280 is on the runway.
tower: ooohhh, Cessna 354, make left 360 for spacing.
pilot: (feminine voice) 354.