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Key Takeaways:

  • An Angel Flight crew experienced an unusual situation during their approach, tuning into a localizer and hearing jazz music instead of the expected navigational signal.
  • Upon reporting the anomaly to Baltimore Approach, another airliner in the vicinity humorously inquired how they could also tune into the jazz music.
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Overheard in IFR Magazine's 'On the Air' Section
Overheard in IFR Magazine‘s “On the Air”

While on an Angel Flight into Baltimore, Maryland last fall, the following radio exchanges took place:

Us:
“Baltimore approach, Angel Flight is tuned into the localizer, but the needle is all over the place, and we’re hearing jazz music.”

Airliner in the Vicinity:
“Baltimore, we’d like to hear some jazz, too. We tuned the localizer but can’t seem to receive any music.”

Karim Houry
New York, NY

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