Short Final

Gemini Sparkle

Key Takeaways:

  • Air traffic control warned a pilot about unknown traffic in their vicinity.
  • The pilot identified the "traffic" as ducks flying at 4300 feet, westbound.
  • This interaction resulted in a humorous and unusual instance of a pilot providing a "PIREP" (pilot report) on wildlife.
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Anchorage Approach:“Skylane X, traffic four miles at your one o’ clock, type and altitude unknown. Possibly birds.”

Skylane: We have the birds in sight.

Approach: Say type and altitude.

Skylane: They’re ducks at 4300 feet, westbound.

Don’t get to give a PIREP on ducks every day!


William Fraley

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