Short Final

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Key Takeaways:

  • A pilot contacted Air Traffic Control (ATC) after a VFR departure, requesting a clearance for their flight.
  • After being assigned a squawk code, the pilot's transponder was not transmitting correctly, or was on standby.
  • ATC promptly identified the issue, instructing the pilot to "squawk Oscar November," which the pilot corrected right away.
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After a VFR departure from a satellite airport, I called TYS approach.

Me:
“Knoxville, Cheyenne 1234 is off Morristown for a clearance to Nashville.”

Approach:
“Squawk 2345.”

Me:
“O.K., squawking 2345.”

[A bit of a pause.]

Approach:
“Cheyenne 1234, squawk Oscar November.”

I fixed the problem right away.


Billy Chandler

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