Aircraft Carrier Story

Actual radio conversation released by the Chief of Naval Operations,10-10-95. -------------------------------------------------------------- #1: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the North to avoid a collision. #2: Recommend you divert YOUR course 15 degrees to South to avoid a collision. #1: This is the Captain of a US Navy ship. I say again, divert YOUR course. #2: No. I say again, you divert YOUR course. #1. THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER ENTERPRISE, WE ARE A LARGE WARSHIP OF THE US NAVY. DIVERT YOUR COURSE NOW! #2. This is a lighthouse. Your call. ------------------------------------------- Last updated Tuesday, June 11, 1996 Jonathan Dufour (jdufour@cs.ucsd.edu)