DFW | March 2010 | Overheard

I was out at Founders' Plaza recently (and I should point out the sun canopies are back up, hooray) and overhead the following on the West Approach frequencies:

Approach: American 2436, maintain your current heading and speed but I'll have you turn south of NETEE over the lake for visual approach to One-Eight Right for noise abatement.
American 2436: Current heading and speed, turn south of NETEE and we'll wake up the fish, American 2436.
Approach: (chuckle) After doing that, contact Tower 124.15........

In an ILS approach, most of the flights bound for 18R turn onto the glideslope north of NETEE- I live in Flower Mound on the north side of Grapevine Lake and see them all the time turning from base to final. On bad weather days/IMC, they'll often intercept the glideslope much further north, sometimes as far north as YOHAN just south of Lake Lewisville.

DFW | December 2009 | Overheard

Out at Founders' Plaza on a quite blustery day to see what could be had and I heard the following exchange on my scanner:

Aircraft: Regional Approach, November eight-four-oh Foxtrot, one-zero thousand for four thousand.
Regional Approach: Okay, you sure you're eight-four-oh Foxtrot?
Aircraft: That's right, eight-four-oh Foxtrot.
Regional Approach: Well, see, according to this fancy-shmancy machine in front of me you're eight-OH-four Foxtrot.

(Long pause)

Aircraft: November eight-OH-four Foxtrot, at one-zero thousand for four thousand.
Regional Approach: That's better.........

DFW | October 2009 | Overheard

I was out at Founders' Plaza this afternoon just as the clouds started clearing out and the much-missed sun made its appearance. The winds were blowing from the north so landings were using the 35s and 36s at DFW and I heard the following exchange on the West Tower frequency:

DFW West Tower: American 1844, cleared to land, Runway three-six left, caution wake turbulence heavy Boeing 757 just departed on the parallel and a heavy Boeing 757 arrived just before you. Caution bird activity reported one-thousand five-hundred one mile from final.

American 1844: Well you're just full of good news for us, aren't you? Cleared to land three-six left, 1844.