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>Be me, young copilot flying farebus a320
>Departing from homebase, for a short flight. Captain lets me fly this stretch
>We switch to tower frequency just before arriving at our runway
>Hear a heli pilot checking in on twr freq
>Says he just took off from a local field to the East, requesting a certain routing that will take him through a part of our airport's controlled airspace.
>"HeliAnonymous, goodmorning from Tower. Proceed heading 200, maintain 500 feet or below. Traffic about to depart from runway 25 with a right turnout. Will call you back."
>Heli guy repeats clearance and does its thing. He'll be passing behind us when we leave, no problem
>"Farebus320, goodmorning from tower. Wind calm, runway 25, cleared for takeoff"
>-"Runway 25, cleared for takeoff, Farebus320"
>Punch the throttle and take off, making a righthand turn towards our first waypoint, when we hear the Heli guy again
>Heli: "Tower, from HeliAnonymous, we request to return to the departure field to the East."
>Tower: "Erm... HeliAnonymous... Roger... Erm... Turn left heading 020... Do you need assistance?"
>Me and capt. are looking at each other. Wasn't he about to enter our airspace 30 seconds ago?
>Whyareyourunning.mp3
>Heli: "Erm turn left heading 020... Erm negative. No assistance needed"
>Tower: "And Heli, please state your intentions. Will you return to land back at your departure airfield?"
>Heli: "Yes affirm. We will land back at the field."
>Tower: "Erm roger... Call me when approaching the field."
>Heli: "Wilco HeliAnonymous...Yeah sorry for that... I forgot my wallet... Just saw it when I took off... Sorry."
>Sides flew off the airplane
>Had to switch on the autopilot after hearing this.
>Felt kinda bad for the guy. Can happen to the best.
