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Key Takeaways:

  • A student pilot preparing for departure to Miami questioned Naples Tower on the correct direction, asking if they should go "east."
  • Naples Tower responded humorously, confirming "east" as the easiest route while playfully suggesting the alternative would be to go "completely around the globe."
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From Naples [Florida] tower (KAPF):

Student Pilot Preparing for Departure to Miami:
“Tower – so, then, you want me to go east?”

Naples Tower:
“Well, that would be the easiest way to get to Miami – unless you want to go completely around the globe.”

Paul Scott
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