Short Final

Editorial Staff

Monday, August 28, 2006 at 12:00 AM ET

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Key Takeaways:

A pilot flying a Piper Cherokee experienced repeated misidentification of their aircraft by air traffic control during touch-and-go operations.
Despite the pilot's clear corrections, ATC continued to refer to the aircraft incorrectly as a "Warrior" or "Cessna."
The exchange concluded humorously with the pilot's exasperated "Whatever" and the tower's laughter.

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I was in the pattern at KSRQ shooting a bunch of touch and goes in a Piper Cherokee. The tower called with my next landing clearance. The conversation went something like this…

Tower: Warrior 12345, cleared touch and go, runway 22.

Me: Cherokee 12345, cleared touch and go, runway 22.

Tower: Cessna 12345, roger. Winds 240 at 5.

Me: 12345 is a Piper Cherokee, sir. Roger Wind.

Tower: Warrior 12345, copy.

Me: …Whatever.

Tower: (Laughter)