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  • An air traffic control supervisor, while getting currency on arrival radar, asked a pilot for their current heading to a specific destination.
  • The pilot, speaking with a heavy southern drawl, humorously responded by merely stating they were "a-headin' to 22G!" instead of providing an actual heading.
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Overheard in IFR Magazine's 'On the Air' Section
Overheard in IFR Magazine‘s “On the Air”

I’m a controller at Terre Haute, Indiana, and I was working data while my female supervisor got her currency on arrival radar. She was wondering about the on-course heading of an overflight. The conversation went something like this:

Approach:
“Seven Six One Zulu Bravo, say your heading to 22G.”

N761ZB (heavy southern drawl):
“Ahhhh, yes, ma’am, we’re a-headin’ to 22G!”

Dan P.
via e-mail

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