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Key Takeaways:

  • A Cessna pilot requested flight following to Omaha while en route from North Platte, Nebraska, to Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
  • When asked for their current position by Minneapolis Center, the pilot vaguely responded, "I'm almost on the Kansas border."
  • Air Traffic Control humorously pointed out the imprecision of the pilot's location report, asking them to narrow it down.
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Overheard in IFR Magazine's 'On the Air' Section
Overheard in IFR Magazine‘s “On the Air”

En route from North Platte, Nebraska to Cedar Rapids, Iowa I overheard the following:

Cessna:
“Minneapolis Center, Cessna 12345, request flight following to Omaha.”

Center:
“Cessna 12345, Minneapolis Center. Say position.”

Cessna:
“I’m almost on the Kansas border.”

Center:
“That’s a fairly wide state. Can you narrow it down for me?”

Keith Reed Marion
Iowa

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