Originally Posted by
rickair7777
All twin engine, so relatively easy to keep track of the good one.
No doubt you’ve heard the story - I think it dates back to Strategic Air Command days…
It was a USAF Aero club T-41 (early military model Cessna 172 with the old 145 hp Continental O-300) flying the Aero Club pattern downwind well inside and lower than the bomber/tanker pattern that was told by tower to do continuous 360s and hold pending an inbound emergency aircraft, a B-52 that had lost an engine.
From somewhere on frequency there came a mike click followed by a deep sigh and the words, “Ah yes, the dreaded seven engine approach…”