The position of the piston in a reciprocating engine cylinder,
where the piston is at the bottom of its stroke. At this instant,
the wrist pin, crankpin and center of the crankshaft are all
inline.
"In my 20 years as an air traffic controller we had
never done anything like what they just did."
Source: Dave Cook, NATCA representative for the
Jacksonville Air Route Traffic Control Center. The FAA is looking
into claims made by Cook that several airliners were rerouted
Saturday to test the skills of an ATC trainee, bringing those
planes perilously close to area thunderstorms in the process.
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