I just started flying my new-to-me Corby Starlet (only four flying in the U.S.A!), and on my first trip into Santa Rosa, California, STS, a KingAir pilot at the hold line asked the tower:
“What is that little plane that just landed?”
She came back:
“I’ll have him tell us.”
My response was:
“N8I Charlie Charlie — an Australian-designed wood-fabric with VW power and 18-foot wingspan.”
When it was my turn to take off, the tower operator said:
“‘Charlie’ is short for ‘Charles,’ and because you are so small, your call sign should be N81 Chuck Chuck.”
That was what she used for my call sign — and I still use it!
Lee Beery (a.k.a. Harry Landing)
