An air traffic control tower suddenly lost communication with a Cessna aircraft.
A moment later the tower land-line rang and was answered by one of the controllers.
The passenger riding with the pilot who lost communications was on a cellular phone and and yelled, "Mayday, Mayday! The pilot had a fatal heart attack and I grabbed his cell phone out of his pocket. He told me before we took off he had the tower on his speed dial memory. I am flying upside down at 8,000 feet and traveling at 130 mph!”
The controller in the tower immediately put him on speaker phone.
"Calm down," he said. "We acknowledge you and we’ll guide you down after a few questions. The first thing is not to panic, remain calm!"
He then began his series of questions...
Tower: “How do you know you are traveling at 8,000 feet?"
Aircraft: "I can see that it reads 8,000 feet on the altimeter dial in front of me.”
Tower: "Okay, that’s good, remain calm. How do you know you are traveling at 130 mph?”
Aircraft: "I can see that it reads 130 mph on the airspeed dial in front of me.”
Tower: "OK, this is great so far, but it’s heavily overcast down here, how do you know you are flying upside down?”
Aircraft: "Because the shit in my pants is running out of my shirt collar!"
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